2004 Research Data: First and Second Order Streams

Code*	SRP04070403e	SRPO4070801	SRPO4070902	SRPO4071101	SRPO4071302	SRP04071303	SRP04072401	SRP04072501
GPS N	46.79062	46.72826	47.07888	46.97927	47.11192	46.94286	48.15779	48.65028
GPS E	103.32486	101.89317	102.16608	101.69877	101.01048	100.85532	97.21441	98.36208
Elevation m	1665	1941	1699	2075	2066	2311	2108	1803
Site Name	Ovorkhangai	Ovorhangay	Arkhanagagay	Arkhangai	Arkhangay		Zavkhan	Zavkhan
Aimag	Ovorkhangai	Ovorhangay	Arkhanagagay	Arkhangai	Arkhangay		Zavkhan	Zavkhan
Soum	Esonzyil	Bat olziy	Khotont	Tsenkher	Bulgan		Ider	Tosontsengel
Location Description	MONGOLIA:Ovorhangay Aimag, Esonzyil Soum Pond effluent that forms confluence with Zegst/Sarin Gol, 74 km NW of Arvayheer	MONGOLIA:Ovorhangay Aimag, Bat-Olziy Soum tributary of Ulaan Gal ~92 km W of Khujirt	MONGOLIA:Arkhangay Aimag, Khotont Soum tributary of Tsagaan Sumiin/Jarantain Gol	MONGOLIA:Arkhangay Aimag, Tsenkher soum Uliin Gol in Budent valley ~60 km SSW of Tavanbulag	MONGOLIA:Arkhangay Aimag, Bulgan Soum Urd Tamir Gol braid upstream of bridge ~63 km SW of Tsetserleg	MONGOLIA:Arkhangay Aimag, Bulgan Soum unnamed hillside tributary of Khairkhan Davaani Gol	MONGOLIA:Zavkhan Aimag, Ider Soum Zagastain Gol ~11 km NNE of Zagastain Davaa	MONGOLIA:Zavkhan Aimag, Tosontsengel Soum Ar Teeliin Gol ~24 km SW of Tosontsengel
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Date	5-Jul-2004	8-Jul-2004	9-Jul-2004	11-Jul-2004	13-Jul-2004	13-Jul-2004	24-Jul-2004	25-Jul-2004
Water Origin	Spring	Overland Run-off	Overland Run-off	Overland Run-off	Overland Run-off	ND	Overland Run-off	Overland Run-off
Flow	Perennial	Intermittent	Intermittent	Intermittent	Intermittent	ND	Intermittent	Intermittent
Stream Order	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2
Water temp deg C	13.9	10	10	8.6	12.8	ND	24.2	21.7
Conductivity mS/cm	0.693	ND	ND	0.086	0.055	ND	0.26	0.291
DO ppm	5.47	ND	7.07	6.44	8.09	ND	9.66	10.39
Turbidity NTU	3.8	ND	0.109	2.2	1	ND	1.5	2.7
pH	8.42	ND	6.6	6.05	6.54	ND	8.61	8.62
Nitrate (NO3-N) mg/L	ND	ND	0.07	ND	ND	ND	0.39	ND
Nitrite (NO2) mg/L	ND	ND	0.04	ND	ND	ND	0.121	ND
Ammonia (NH3-N) mg/L	ND	ND	0.03	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Salinity (%)	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Dominant Substrate	Silt	Cobble	Cobble/Gravel	Cobble	Silt	ND	Cobble/Gravel	Boulder/Cobble
Watershed Characterization: Estimate from outer banks to 1 km out
% Forest	0	80	35	35	35	ND	10	40
% Shrubs	0	2	5	45	35	ND	5	0
% Forbs	0	15	20	20	25	ND	50	40
% Grasslands	0	3	20	0	5	ND	45	20
% Other	0	0	0	0	0	ND	0	0
Landuse in Watershed:  Estimate from outer banks to 1 km out
% Grazing	0	0	50	40	35	ND	50	60
% Town	0	0	0	0	0	ND	0	0
% Ger	0	0	5	10	5	ND	10	10
% Mining	0	0	0	0	0	ND	0	0
% Natural	0	100	45	50	60	ND	40	30
% Other	0	0	0	(mining downstream of site)	0	0	0	0
Channel Characterization:  Left Descending Bank, Estimate from stream to highest outer bank
% Forest	0	80	0	0	10	ND	0	0
% Shrubs	0	2	0	60	70	ND	0	0
% Forbs	0	15	80	40	20	ND	80	50
% Grasslands	0	3	20	0	0	ND	20	50
% Other	0	0	0	0	0	ND	0	0
Channel Characterization:  Right Descending Bank, Estimate from stream to highest outer bank
% Forest	0	80	0	0	15	ND	0	0
% Shrubs	0	2	0	60	15	ND	0	0
% Forbs	0	15	80	40	40	ND	80	50
% Grasslands	0	3	20	0	30	ND	20	50
% Other	0							0
Estimates of Grazing and Erosion
Grazing**	0	0	1	1	2	ND	1	4
Erosion in Watershed***	0	0	0	1	1	ND	1	3
Erosion in Stream Channel****	0	0	0	1	1	ND	1	3
								Intermittent stream. Mostly pools.
NA=Not Applicable ND=No Data * 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: 0=no grazing evident; 1=slight grazing; 2=moderate grazing; 3=heavy/mixed grazing; 4=heavy grazing. ***Erosion in Watershed Codes: 0=no erosion evident; 1=slight erosion; 2=moderate erosion; 3=heavy/mixed erosion; 4=heavy erosion. ****Erosion in Stream Channel Codes: 0=no erosion evident; 1=slight erosion; 2=moderate erosion; 3=heavy/mixed erosion; 4=heavy erosion. Back to top