The Ider River (, , or , , "Young River") is a river in the
Khövsgöl and
Zavkhan aimags in northwestern
Mongolia
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and is, together with the
Delger mörön
The Delger mörön () is a river in the Khövsgöl aimag in northern Mongolia. It rises in the Ulaan Taiga range close to the Russian border. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . river, one of the sources of the
Selenga river. It is long, and has a
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
of . The source is in the
Khangai range, the confluence with the Delgermörön is in
Tömörbulag. The river is frozen 170–180 nights per year. There is a wooden bridge, which was built in 1940, near
Jargalant and a concrete bridge in
Galt.
Usage
In 2014, around 0.5 million m
3 of water was withdrawn from the river for domestic, livestock, cropland and industrial use.
See also
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List of rivers of Mongolia
This is a list of notable rivers of Mongolia, arranged geographically by river basin.
The Mongolian words for river are () and (), with the latter usually used for larger rivers. The Mongolian names also occasionally have a genitive constr ...
References
Rivers of Mongolia
Geography of Khövsgöl Province
Geography of Zavkhan Province
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