Zavkhan River

Zavkhan River (Mongolian: Завхан гол, romanized: Zawhan gol, pronounced [ˈt͡saw̜χəɴ ɢɔɮ]) is a river in Mongolia. It flows from Khangai Mountains to Lake Khyargas, and has a draining area of over 77,840 square kilometres (30,055 square miles). The river forms most of the border between the Govi-Altai and Zavkhan aimags. The length of the river is 670 kilometres (420 mi).^[1]

Zavkhan River
Native name	Завхан гол (Mongolian)
Location
Country	Mongolia
Aimags	Zavkhan, Govi-Altai
Physical characteristics
Source	Buyant River
• location	Khangai Mountains
2nd source	Shar-Us River
Mouth	Khyargas Lake in Great Lakes Depression
• location	Khyargas, Uvs, Mongolia
Length	670 km (420 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Shurga River

During the Mongol Empire, it appears to have been the territory of the family of Möngke Khan, and Jami' al-tawarikh mention that Mongke's son, Ürüng tash [ja], was in a river called “jabqan Mören (جابقان موران/jābqān mūrān)”.^[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Mongolia