2003 Research Data: Rivers

Code*	SRP03070501	SRP03070502	SRP03070503	SRP03070801	SRP03070805	SRP03071002	SRP03071003	SRP03071701	SRP03071803	SRP03072201	SRP03072202	SRP03072601	SRP03072701
GPS N	47.82258	47.97944	47.96806	48.09549	48.14846	48.25861	48.12416	48.83322	49.08636	49.61985	49.84014	50.35162	50.06476
GPS E	107.33613	107.47761	107.59365	107.84265	107.91267	107.90251	107.5478.0	106.49162	107.30750	106.82693	106.33228	105.04436	106.13388
Elevation (m)	1305	1487 m	1467 m	1531	1564	1608	1598	863	943	695	647	736	609
Site Name	Tuul Gol	Tuul Gol	Tuul Gol	Tuul Gol	Braid of Tuul	Confluence of Khag and Tuul Gols	Tuul River	Kharaa Gol	Yeroo Gol	Yeroo Gol	Yeroo Gol	Zelter Gol	Orkhon River
Aimag	Tov	Tov	Tov	Tov	Tov	Tov	Tov	Selenge	Selenge	Selenge	Selenge	Selenge	Selenge
Soum		Erdene	Erdene	Erdene	Erdene	Erdene	Erdene	Mandal	Bugant/Yaroo	Bugant/Yaroo	Javkhlant	Tushig	Shaamar
Location Description	Gorkhi Terelj National Park Tuul R c. 0.5 km upstream of Park Gate bridge	Gorkhi Terelj National Park, Terelj Gol braid downstream of  Terelj 10.6 km N of Mungut Rock Rd	Gorkhi Terelj National Park; Tuul R c. 100 m upstream of confluence with Terelj R	Gorkhi Terelj National Park, Tuul River 10.1 km upstream of Tuul River Bridge	Gorkhi Terelj National Park, unnamed braid of Tuul River	Gorkhi Terelj National Park, mouth of Khag River @ confluence with Tuul	Gorkhi Terelj National Park, Tuul River at Daichin crossing	Kharaa Gol near Zuunkharaa Bridge	Khongiin Gol at Yeroo Gol confluence	Yeroo R c. 14 km upstream of Yavin/Yeroo bridge	Yeroo R 11.5 km upstream of Dulaan Khaan bridge	Zelter Gol @ Zelter	Orkhon R @ Delgerkhaan Bridge
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Date	5-Jul-2003	5-Jul-2003	5-Jul-2003	8-Jul-2003	9-Jul-2003	10-Jul-2003	10-Jul-2003	17-Jul-2003	19-Jul-2003	22-Jul-2003	22 and 23 Jul 2003	26-Jul-2003	27-Jul-2003
Water Origin	Overland Run-off	Overland Run-off	Overland Run-off	Overland Run-off	ND	ND	Overland Run-off	Overland Run-off	Overland Run-off	Overland Run-off	Overland Run-off	Overland Run-off	Overland Run-off
Flow	Perennial	Perennial	Perennial	Perennial	Perennial	Perennial	Perennial	Perennial	Perennial	Perennial	Perennial	Perennial	Perennial
Stream Order	6	6	6	6 or 7	6 or 7	7 or 8	7 or 8	6 or 7	6 or 7	6 or 7	7 or 8	6 or 7	7 or 8
Water temp EC	ND	14	13	11.6	1.4	14.3	ND	21	21.3	23	24.5	16	21.7
Conductivity FS/cm	ND	36.5	ND	35.3	23	25.3	ND	240	47.6	88.4	99.7	130.8	175.8
DO ppm	ND	ND	ND	8.23	4.48	8.22	ND	9.39	9.57	9.04	9	10.44	10.08
TDS mg/L	ND	21.2	ND	22.3	19.2	14.8	ND	125.3	24.2	43.7	47.8	75.9	90
Turbidity NTU	ND	ND	ND	1.7	0.5	2.8	ND	16.4	12.1	17.5	19.2	6.8	207/fluid!
pH	ND	7.28	ND	7.01	6.56	7.03	ND	8.3	8.62	7.68	7.82	8.02	8.2
Phosphate Reactive mg/L	ND	0.21	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	0	ND	ND	ND	ND
Nitrate mg/L	ND	0.07	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.1	ND	ND	ND	ND
Nitrite mg/L	ND	0.024	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.061	ND	ND	ND	ND
Ammonia mg/L	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.03	ND	ND	ND	ND
Iron mg/L	ND	0.03	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.21	ND	ND	ND	ND
Manganese mg/L	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.2	ND	ND	ND	ND
Sulfide mg/L	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.02	ND	ND	ND	ND
Salinity saturation	ND	ND	ND	0.1	0	ND	ND	0.1	0.1	ND	ND	0.1	ND
Dominant Subtrate	Cobble	Cobble	ND	ND	Gravel	Gravel	ND	Cobble	Cobble	Gravel	Cobble	Gravel	ND
Watershed Characterization: Estimate from outer banks to 1 km out
% Trees (=Forest)	60	80	10	50	40	5	10	10	70	30	ND	15	10
% Shrubs	0	0	40	0	5	10	70	0	10	30	ND	0	60
% Forbes	0	0	10	10	25	35	10	10	10	20	ND	55	10
% Grasses (=Grasslands)	40	20	40	40	30	50	10	80	10	20	ND	35	20
% Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	ND	0	0
Landuse in Watershed:  Estimate from outer banks to 1 km out
% Field (=Grazing)	80	20	60	79	60	ND	80	98	10	50	60	60	70
% Town	0	0	0	0	0	ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
% Human Habitants (=Ger)	2	0	0	1	0	ND	0	0	0	0	10	5	5
% Forest (=Natural)	20	80	40	20	40	ND	20	2	90	50	30	35	25
% Other	0	0	0	0	0	ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Condition of Riparian Zone	Good	Good	Good	ND	Good	ND	ND	Good	ND	Medium	Good	ND	Good
Grazing **	3	4	3	3	0	2	1	3	1	3	3	3	3
Erosion ***	ND	ND	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	3	3
* Code = Selenge River Project (SRP) followed by two digits for year, two digits for month and two digits for day and two digits for site number sequence for that day. **Grazing Codes (estimated from field notes for riparian zone): 0=no grazing evident; 1=slight grazing; 2=moderate grazing; 3=heavy/mixed grazing; 4=heavy grazing. ***Erosion Codes (estimated from field notes for riparian zone): 0=no erosion evident; 1=slight erosion; 2=moderate erosion; 3=heavy/mixed erosion; 4=heavy erosion. Back to top