Kherlen River

Location of Cherlen

Bridge over the Cherlen at Chojbalsan (1972 )

The Cherlen ( old Kerulen, Mongolian Хэрлэн гол ) is a 1264 km long inland river in Mongolia and northern China ( East Asia ). Within Mongolia, the Cherlen has a length of 1090 km, so that he is the second longest river in Mongolia after the Orkhon.

After crossing the Mongolian Steppe Gulti and suburbs of some large salt pans he ends up in the lake Hulun only, but in the precipitation years has a drain to the current system of the Argun and Amur.

River

The river rises about 180 kilometers northeast of Ulaanbaatar on the southern slope of the Mongolian Khentii Mountains ( Kentei ). After about 200 km, it changes its course to the east, flows through vast steppes of eastern Mongolia, and crosses here the cities Öndörchaan, Bail Sagan and Choibalsan ( Kerulen ).

After a significant turn towards the north and a sharp turn back to the south it crosses at about river kilometer 1090 the border into Northeast China, Inner Mongolia. There he is still flowing about 164 kilometers to the east and empties into the steppe Hulun Only near the Russian border to eastern Siberia.

About 45 kilometers to the north from the headwaters of the Onon Cherlen springs. This first runs parallel to Cherlen, but then flows over into eastern Siberia basin of the Amur.

Cherlen - Argun - Amur

In high rainfall years, it happens that the Hulun only, which is usually no outlet, overflows at its northern shore to open after about 30 kilometers to the Argun. This gives the Cherlen connect to Argun, on the 944 km length of the Sino -Russian border and then forms the Amur from there in its lower reaches, so that then the 5052 km long river Cherlen - Argun - Amur arises.

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