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Orkhon Valley

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The Orkhon Valley is a valley along the Orkhon River in central Mongolia, about 320 kilometers west of Ulaanbaatar. Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2004 as the Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape, the designated area covers 121,967 hectares with a further 61,044-hectare buffer zone and is recognized for representing more than two millennia of nomadic pastoral tradition along the river. For centuries the valley served as the seat of imperial power on the steppe, and it holds the eighth century Orkhon inscriptions erected under Bilge Khan of the Gokturk Empire near the sacred mountain of Otuken. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Protected Status
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
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Erosion, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Orkhon Valley

In Discipline

Geomorphology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Orkhon Valley
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Mongolia

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Source Wikidata: Orkhon Valley
Sources
1. Orkhon Valley (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    The Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape sprawls along the banks of the Orkhon River in Central Mongolia, some 320 km west from the capital Ulaanbaatar.
  • Article text
    It was inscribed by UNESCO in the World Heritage List as representing the development of nomadic pastoral traditions spanning more than two millennia.
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Wikidata: Orkhon Valley
Wikidata Q1453235, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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