Khalkhyn Gol
Khalkhyn Gol (Халхын гол) | |
Khalkh River, Khalkha River | |
River | |
Countries | Mongolia, China |
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Mongolian Aimag | Dornod |
Chinese Region | Inner Mongolia |
Chinese Prefecture | Hulunbuir |
Source | |
- elevation | 1,443 m (4,734 ft) |
- coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Mouth | Buir Lake |
- elevation | 583.1 m (1,913 ft) |
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Length | 233 km (145 mi) |
Basin | 17,000 km2 (6,564 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
- average | 25 m3/s (883 cu ft/s) |
The Khalkh River (also spelled as Khalkha River; Mongolian: Халх гол; Chinese: 哈拉哈河; pinyin: Hālāhā Hé) is a river in eastern Mongolia[1] and northern China's Inner Mongolia region. The river is also referred to with the genitive suffix -iin as the Khalkhyn Gol or River of Khalkh
The river's source is in the Greater Khingan mountains of Inner Mongolia. In its lower course, around Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., the river splits into two distributaries. The left branch (the Halh River proper) flows into the Buir Lake at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.; it then flows from that lake at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) as the Orchun Gol (Chinese: 乌尔逊河; pinyin: Wūěrxùn Hé). The right branch, known as the Shariljiin Gol (Mongolian: Шарилжийн гол) flows directly into the Orchun Gol at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..
From May–September 1939, the river was the site of the Battles of Khalkhin Gol, the decisive engagement of the Soviet-Japanese border conflicts. Soviet and Mongolian forces defeated the Japanese Kwantung Army.[2]
References
- ↑ Werner Elstner: Mongolei, S.16. Berlin 1993
- ↑ Amelie Schenk, Galsan Tschinag, Udo Haase: Mongolei, Seite 24
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