
Upper Onon river, near Genghis Khan's alleged birthplace.
The 'Onon gol' () is a
river in
Mongolia and
Russia of length 818 km and
watershed 94,010 km². It originates at the Eastern slope of the
Khentii Mountains. For 298 km it flows within Mongolia. Its confluence with
Ingoda River produces
Shilka River.
The upper Onon is one of the areas that are claimed to be the place where
Genghis Khan was born and grew up.
The flow Onon—Shilka—
Amur produces one of the world's ten longest rivers (818km + 560km + 2,874km).