Ider River


The Ider River is a river in the Khövsgöl and Zavkhan aimags in northwestern Mongolia and is, together with the Delger mörön river, one of the sources of the Selenga river. It is long, and has a drainage basin of. The source is in the Khangai range, the confluence with the Delgermörön is in Tömörbulag. The river is frozen 170–180 nights per year. There is a wooden bridge, which was built in 1940, near Jargalant and a concrete bridge in Galt.Image:JargalantBridge2.jpg|thumb|left|Wooden bridge near Jargalant.

Usage

In 2014, around 0.5 million m3 of water was withdrawn from the river for domestic, livestock, cropland and industrial use.