Mongolian Altai rivers. Information

The largest Mongolian Altai mountains rivers - the Hovd-Gol and its tributaries the Tsagan-Gol, the Sogoog-Gol, the Buyant-Gol, the Shiveriin-Gol and the Bulgan-Gol belongs to Central Asian endorheic Lakes basin. The rivers mainly is fed by melting snow and glaciers, as well as rain. The highest water levels are in the first half of the summer; in autumn, winter and early spring the rivers is very abates. The rivers watery heavily dependent on the high mountains, covered with eternal snow, are in their basins. These rivers are quite watery, their summer runoff is 8 liters per second from sq. km, in winter runoff falls to 0.2 liters per second from sq. km. Other rivers are a little watery. In summer the rivers average draining 74%, in autumn - 13%, in the winter - 3%, in the spring - 10% of the annual runoff volume.

This section provides a short descriptions of the rivers, as well the detailed guides of some rivers. From the Mongolian Altai rivers not described here, for rafters and kayakers should be interesting the river Tsagan-Us (Ak-Su, Ag-Su) (inflows into the lake Khoton-Nuur) of grade WW 3/4, it tributary the Arshan-Gol, grade up to WW 5 and tributary of the river Bulgan-Gol the river Turgen-Gol - grade WW 3/4, in places up to WW 5, and short, very big gradient it tributary the creek Gurtiin-Gol up to grade WW 5+.