Delger mörön
EtymologyMongolian: Delger mörön, "wide river")
Native nameДэлгэр мөрөн (Mongolian)
Location
CountryMongolia
AimagsKhövsgöl
Major cityMörön
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationUlaan Taiga range
MouthSelenge
  location
Olon golyn bilchir
  coordinates
49°15′40″N 100°40′45″E / 49.26111°N 100.67917°E / 49.26111; 100.67917
Length445 km (277 mi)
Basin size26,640 km2 (10,290 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionSelengaLake BaikalAngaraYeniseyKara Sea
Tributaries 
  leftBeltes River
  rightBügsiin River

The Delger mörön (Mongolian: Дэлгэр мөрөн, lit.'wide river') is a river in the Khövsgöl aimag in northern Mongolia. It rises in the Ulaan Taiga range close to the Russian border. It is 445 kilometres (277 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 26,600 square kilometres (10,300 sq mi).[1]

Together with the Ider River, it is the headwaters of the Selenge River. It meets with the Ider at Tömörbulag, thereafter becoming the Selenge.

The Delger mörön is frozen for 128–175 days through the year. There is a ferry in Bayanzürkh, and a concrete bridge just south of Mörön.

See also

List of rivers of Mongolia

References


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