| Tamir Gol | |||||
| Name Other: | Tamir River | ||||
| Name Etymology: | Mongolian tamir = strength, vigor | ||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Country | ||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Mongolia | ||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Aimag | ||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Arkhangai | ||||
| Subdivision Type5: | Major City | ||||
| Subdivision Name5: | Tsetserleg | ||||
| Source1: | Northern Tamir | ||||
| Source1 Location: | Ikh-Tamir sum | ||||
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.0986°N 100.6056°W | ||||
| Source2: | Southern Tamir | ||||
| Source2 Location: | Bulgan sum | ||||
| Source2 Coordinates: | 46.9278°N 100.8264°W | ||||
| Source Confluence Location: | Battsengel sum | ||||
| Source Confluence Coordinates: | 47.7694°N 102.0167°W | ||||
| Mouth: | Orkhon River | ||||
| Mouth Location: | Ögii Lake, Ögii Nuur sum | ||||
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.7917°N 102.6111°W | ||||
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The Tamir is a river flowing through the valleys of the Khangai Mountains in the Arkhangai aimag of central Mongolia. The river is the namesake of the Mongolian literature classic by Chadraabalyn Lodoidamba, The Clear Tamir River .
For most of its length, the Tamir is divided into two branches, the Northern Tamir (Mongolian: Хойт Тамир гол, Mongolian: Khoit Tamir gol) and the Southern Tamir (Mongolian: Урд Тамир гол, Mongolian: Urd Tamir gol).
The Northern Tamir starts between the Shalkhagiin Khoit mountain range and the Togoo Mountain in the Ikh-Tamir sum.[1] The southern Tamir starts about 25 km to the south-west in the Bulgan sum at the end of the Khairkhny mountain range.[2] The two branches run a roughly north-eastern course up to their confluence at the sum center of Battsengel sum.[3]
The Tamir is a main tributary of the Orkhon River, which it meets in Ögii Nuur sum, opposite to the namesake Ögii Lake.[4]