Ongi

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Ongi
Онги гол (Ongi Gol), Онги-Гол (Ongi-Gol)
The Ongi river at the Ongiin Chiid monastery complex

The Ongi river at the Ongiin Chiid monastery complex

Data
location Öwörchangai , Dund-Gobi , Ömnö-Gobi ( Mongolia )
River system Ongi
source in the Changai Mountains
46 ° 32 ′ 41 ″  N , 102 ° 2 ′ 47 ″  E
Source height approx.  2400  m
muzzle in the lake Ulaan Nuur Coordinates: 44 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  N , 103 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  E 44 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  N , 103 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  E
Mouth height 1008  m
Height difference approx. 1392 m
Bottom slope approx. 3.2 ‰
length 435 km
Medium-sized cities Arwaicheer

The Ongi ( Mongolian Онги гол Ongi Gol ; Russian Онги-Гол Ongi-Gol ) is a river in southern Mongolia .

Originally the river was 435 kilometers long, making it the tenth longest in Mongolia. It rises in the Changai Mountains and runs through the Gobi desert until it flows into the lake Ulaan Nuur ( Mongolian Улаан нуур ), whose name literally means "Red Lake".

According to press reports from 2005, the river dried up for the first time in 1998. However, there are already information in older literature about regular drying up. In 2001, those affected founded the "Ongi River Movement" to make politicians aware of the problem of additional water abstraction. The water in the headwaters of the river is used to wash out gold. According to the Mongolian Ministry of the Environment, whose minister belongs to the party of the owner of one of the larger water consumers on Ongi Gol, global warming is mainly to blame. The initiative was successful because some companies had to close, although some of them continue to work illegally.

The town of Arwaicheer , the aim center of Öwörchangai , as well as several sum centers and the Ongiin Chiid monastery are located on the Ongi .

Web links

Commons : Ongi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Elstner: Mongolei , p. 15. Berlin 1993
  2. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 194.209.226.170
  3. ↑ MW Pewzow, where you pay with brick , Leipzig 1953, P.282
  4. ↑ taz No. 7707 of July 5, 2005 p. 8
  5. ↑ http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/mommunikations/0,1185,OID5960872_TYP6_THE_NAV_REF1_BAB,00.html ( Memento from December 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Short biography I. Erdenebaatar, Mongolian Environment Minister (in Mongolian)
  7. ↑ Short biography B.Erdenebat, head of the motherland party and founder of Erel (in Mongolian)