Ider River

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Coordinates: 49°15′40″N 100°40′45″E / 49.26111°N 100.67917°E / 49.26111; 100.67917
Ider River (Идэр гол)
Ider gol
River
Ider River near Jargalant, Khövsgöl
Name origin: Mongolian: Ider, "young, youthful")
Country Mongolia
Aimags Zavkhan, Khövsgöl
Tributaries
 - right Chuluut River
Source
 - location Khangai Mountains
Mouth Selenge
 - location Olon golyn bilchir
 - coordinates 49°15′40″N 100°40′45″E / 49.26111°N 100.67917°E / 49.26111; 100.67917
Length 452 km (281 mi)
Basin 24,555 km2 (9,481 sq mi)
Discharge
 - average 57 m3/s (2,013 cu ft/s)

Ider River (Mongolian: Идэр гол, lit. "youthful river") is a river in the Khövsgöl and Zavkhan aimags in northwestern Mongolia and is, together with the Delgermörön river, one of the sources of the Selenge river. The source is in the Khangai range, the confluence with the Delgermörön is in Tömörbulag. The river is frozen 170-180 nights per year. There is a wooden bridge, which was built in 1940, near Jargalant and a concrete bridge in Galt.

Wooden bridge near Jargalant.

See also

List of rivers of Mongolia

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