Ongi River

The Ongi River at the monastery Ongiin Khiid

The Ongi (Mongolian Онги гол ( Ongi Gol ); Russian Онги - Гол ( Ongi Gol ) ) is a river in southern Mongolia.

Originally the river was 435 km long, making it the tenth longest Mongolia. It rises in the Khangai Mountains and passes through the Gobi desert, until he there in the lake Ulaan Nuur (Mongolian Улаан нуур ) pours, whose name literally means " Red Sea".

According to press reports from 2005, the river dried up in 1998 for the first time. , But there are also already in older literature data on regular drying out. Founded in 2001 concerned the " Ongi River Movement", to make the policy on the issue of additional water withdrawals attention. The water is consumed in the headwaters of the river for the leaching of gold. According to the Ministry of Environment of Mongolia, the Minister belongs to the party of the owner of one of the major consumer of water in the Ongi Gol, whereas global warming is mainly to blame. Successes could book the initiative, as some companies have had to close, but they work some of them illegally on.

On Ongi the city Arvaikheer, the Aimagzentrum of Öwörchangai, as well as several Sum centers and the monastery Ongiin Khiid lie.