Khalkhyn Gol
| Khalkhyn Gol (Халхын гол) | |
| Khalkh River, Khalkha River | |
| River | |
| Country | Mongolia |
|---|---|
| Mongolian Aimag | Dornod |
| Region | Mongolia |
| District | Dornod |
| Source | |
| - elevation | 1,443 m (4,734 ft) |
| - coordinates | 47°04′51″N 120°29′16″E / 47.08083°N 120.48778°E |
| Mouth | Buir Lake |
| - elevation | 583.1 m (1,913 ft) |
| - coordinates | 47°53′44″N 117°50′08″E / 47.89556°N 117.83556°ECoordinates: 47°53′44″N 117°50′08″E / 47.89556°N 117.83556°E |
| Length | 233 km (145 mi) |
| Basin | 17,000 km2 (6,564 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 25 m3/s (883 cu ft/s) |
The Khalkh River (also spelled as Khalkha River; Mongolian: Халх гол; Chinese: 哈拉哈河; pinyin: Hālāhā Hé) is a river in eastern Mongolia[1] and northern China's Inner Mongolia region. The river is also referred to with the genitive suffix -iin as the Khalkhyn Gol or River of Khalkh
The river's source is in the Greater Khingan mountains of Inner Mongolia. In its lower course, around 48°01′59″N 118°08′03″E / 48.033179°N 118.134290°E, the river splits into two distributaries. The left branch (the Halh River proper) flows into the Buir Lake at 47°53′44″N 117°50′08″E / 47.895556°N 117.835556°E; it then flows from that lake at 47°57′00″N 117°48′51″E / 47.950011°N 117.814270°E) as the Orchun Gol (Chinese: 乌尔逊河; pinyin: Wūěrxùn Hé). The right branch, known as the Shariljiin Gol (Mongolian: Шарилжийн гол) flows directly into the Orchun Gol at 48°04′12″N 117°45′20″E / 48.069891°N 117.755433°E.
From May–September 1939, the river was the site of the Battles of Khalkhin Gol, the decisive engagement of the Soviet-Japanese border conflicts. Soviet and Mongolian forces defeated the Japanese Kwantung Army.[2]
References
- ↑ Werner Elstner: Mongolei, S.16. Berlin 1993
- ↑ Amelie Schenk, Galsan Tschinag, Udo Haase: Mongolei, Seite 24