Kherlen

alternative Kern · alternative Kerulen

1. A river in China and Mongolia, periodical tributary of Argun.

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   Three principal rivers meander through the area: the Kherlen, Halhaun, and Uldza. Two of these originate in the Kentey Mountains and flow through the lowlands in the northeastern part of the plain; the larger Kherlen empties into Hu-lun-ch'ih (Dalay) Lake in the Chinese People's Republic, while the Uldza, when it does not first dry up, empties into the Tooroy Lake in the Soviet Union.

   1963 July 1, “Mongolia”, in Characteristics of Manchuria, Mongolia, and North China (Air Force Pamphlet), number 200-2-4, Washington, D.C.: Department of the Air Force, →OCLC, page 85

   In 2018, WWF Mongolia initiated “Rivers without plastic” campaign launching first in Kherlen River Basin. At the inception phase, the local stakeholders sat down together and discussed how to involve the initiatives for whole basin. Based on the shared plan the stakeholders kick off campaign for the entire length of Kherlen floodplain in July 2018 under the motto " Plastic free Kherlen river ". As a part of the campaign the over 259 tons of persistent polluting wastes were collected from the floodplain of entire Kherlen River by over 3000 local residents.

   2019 June 25, ““Plastic free Kherlen river”campaign was a success”, in World Wildlife Fund, archived from the original on 25 May 2026

   The Khustyn Bulag site group is located in the upper basin of the Kherlen River in Tuv Aimag in Mongolia. It is located on a wide flat terrace on the northeastern shore of the Zuun Baidlag River, a tributary of the Kherlen River, and consists of many sites from the Paleolithic Age to the nineteenth century.

   2022, Isao Usuki, “Introduction and Deployment of the Ceramic Industry in the Xiongnu Empire”, in Tomoko Nagatomo, Maria Shinoto, Daisuke Nakamura, editors, Kilns in East and North Asia: The adoption of ceramic industries (Archaeology of East Asia), volume 7, Oxford: BAR Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 128