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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Erdenet (redirect from Bayan-Öndör, Orkhon)
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 Turkic Khaganate (section Orkhon inscription)
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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Silver Deer of Bilge Qaghan (section Orkhon Valley)
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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Old Turkic script (redirect from Orkhon Alphabet)
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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List of drainage basins by area (redirect from List of River Basins)
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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