Tsagan-Gol ( drill. Sagaan gol - “ white valley, river ”) - a river in the Selenginsky district of Buryatia . The largest watercourse flowing into Goose Lake . The length is 25 km [2] .
| Tsagan Gol | |
|---|---|
| Boer. Sagaan Goal | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 25 km |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | Temnik |
| • Height | 602 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Goose |
| • Location | near the village of Gusinoe Lake |
| • Height | 551 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Goose → Bayangol → Selenga → Baikal → Angara → Yenisei → Kara Sea |
| A country |
|
| Region | Buryatia |
| Area | Selenginsky district |
| HWR code | |
 - source  - mouth | |
Description
It is the left arm of the Temnik River, extending from the main channel at the exit to the Gusinoozerskaya Basin , 30 km northwest of its confluence with the Selenga . It flows along the southeastern foot of the Khambinsky ridge along the northwestern edge of the Tamchinsky Plain, where the river’s waters are drawn into irrigation canals, to its northern tip. 18 km to the mouth of Tsagan-Gol, the Yalga-Gol branch departs, which returns part of the flow back to Temnik.
The river flows into the Gusin lake within the boundaries of the village of the same name .
Attractions
In the upper part, the river flows through the territory of the nature protection Atsulsky reserve .
On the left bank, three kilometers from the source, on the southwestern slope of the Ulan-Khad mountain of the Khambinsky ridge, is the Temnikovskaya cave - the largest gallery of bronze rock paintings - the beginning of the Iron Age in Transbaikalia.
Notes
- ↑ Surface Water Resources of the USSR: Hydrological Understanding. T. 16. Angara-Yenisei region. Vol. 3. Transbaikalia / ed. V.I. Zilberstein. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1966 .-- 159 p.
- ↑ State Water Register . Tsagan-Gol River . textual.ru . Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia (March 29, 2009). Date of treatment December 20, 2018. Archived March 29, 2009.