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    The Orkhon River (/ˈɔːrkɒn/; Mongolian: Орхон гол [ˈɔrχɞɴ‿ɢɜɮ]) is a river in Mongolia. The Orkhon river derives its name from the Old Turkic prefix "or"...
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    the country. Its capital is Erdenet. The province is named after Orkhon River. Orkhon Province was carved out of Bulgan Province in 1994, to form a new...
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    Script:ᠣᠷᠬᠣᠨ ᠤ ᠬᠥᠨᠳᠡᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠶᠤᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠳᠤᠷᠠᠰᠬᠠᠯ ) sprawls along the banks of the Orkhon River in Central Mongolia, some 320 km west from the capital Ulaanbaatar. It...
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    Selenga (redirect from Selenga-Orkhon)
    Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe includes the areas of the Orkhon and Selenge river basins. The region has scattered forests and extensive mountain ranges. River...
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    The Orkhon inscriptions (also known as the Orhon inscriptions, Orhun inscriptions, Khöshöö Tsaidam monuments (also spelled Khoshoo Tsaidam, Koshu-Tsaidam...
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    Orkhon River near the sum center of Orkhontuul sum. The Orkhon flows into the Selenge River, which flows into Russia and Lake Baikal. The Tuul River also...
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  • Orkhon (Mongolian: Орхон) may refer to: Orkhon River, Mongolia Orkhon Valley, the landscape around that river Orkhon Province, an Aimag (province) in Mongolia...
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    the bridge over the Orkhon River, just west of the settlement. A modern resort is south of Kharkhorin at Khujirt on the Orkhon River. Kharkhorin's principal...
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    Mongolian Plateau. The Merkits lived in the basins of the Selenga and lower Orkhon River (modern south Buryatia and Selenge Province). After a struggle of over...
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    located close to where later Karakorum would be erected (downstream the Orkhon River 27 km north–west from Karakorum). This area is probably also one of the...
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    aimag (province) of Orkhon. Located in the northern part of the country, it lies in a valley between the Selenge and Orkhon rivers about 240 km (149 mi)...
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    River's Mongolian name is Ideriin gol (Идэрийн гол), equivalent to saying "the river of Ider". Orkhon River - 1,124 kilometres (698 mi) Kherlen River...
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    Second Khaganate was centered on Ötüken in the upper reaches of the Orkhon River. It was succeeded by its subject Toquz Oghuz confederation, which became...
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    between the Orkhon River and Khosho Tsaydam Lake. The artifact was produced in the 7th century, during the Turkic period of rule in the Orkhon Valley, in...
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  • Orkhon Turkic (also Göktürk), is the first stage of Old Turkic, known as the oldest Turkic literary language preceding Old Uyghur. It is generally used...
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    passing the city of Darkhan before entering the Orkhon River near the northern tip of the aimag. List of rivers of Mongolia "Russian army map "100k--m48-130""...
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    at his memorial complex of Khoshoo Tsaidam, at the present site of the Orkhon inscriptions. Kül-Tegin is also mentioned in the inscription erected in...
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    Ude) Khilok River Chikoy River Menza River Orkhon River (Mongolia) Tuul River (Mongolia) Dzhida River Eg River (Mongolia) Barguzin River (into Lake Baikal...
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    and China. It is also one of the two longest rivers in Mongolia, along with the Orkhon River. The river originates in the south slopes of the Khentii...
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    Azarga River. It flew down the Orkhon Valley and created thick layers of volcanic rock which stretched out for several kilometers. The Orkhon River then...
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  • The Old Turkic script (also known as variously Göktürk script, Orkhon script, Orkhon-Yenisey script, Turkic runes) was the alphabet used by the Göktürks...
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    Сухэ-Батор) is the capital of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia, on the Orkhon river. As of late 2007, the city population is 19,224. The city was founded...
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    in the year 840 AD. From the Yenisei River, the Kyrgyz pushed south and eastward in to Xinjiang and the Orkhon Valley in central Mongolia, leaving much...
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    the Second Turkic Khaganate. His accomplishments were described in the Orkhon inscriptions. As was the custom, his personal name and the name after assuming...
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  • Rashid-al-Din Hamadani's Jami' al-tawarikh.[citation needed]They lived along the Orkhon River in modern day Central Mongolia. After the Mongol conquest in the 13th...
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    Madeira river basin at Rivers Network. Amur river basin at Rivers Network Lower, Middle and Upper Euphrates river basin at Rivers Network Dnieper river : Watersheds...
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    speaking groups such as the Uyghurs, Tiele, and Kyrgyz to be Türks. In the Orkhon inscriptions, the Toquz Oghuz and the Yenisei Kyrgyz are not referred to...
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    most interesting body of water is the Tuul River, which crosses Ulaanbaatar and later joins the Orkhon River. The Töv aimag is populated primarily by Khalkha...
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    without outlets. Rivers of the northern region are perennial, rising from the mountains. The two major river systems are the Orkhon River (Mongolia's longest...
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    Siberian steppe, with the fortified city of Ordu-Baliq on the Upper Orkhon River as its capital. Before the end of the year (763), Manichaeism was declared...
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