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MongoliaInland Waterways
Mongolia has 397 kilometers of navigable waterways,
principally on Hovsgol Nuur and on the Selenge Moron, which are
passable only five months of the year. These water routes were
used to transport cargo--grain, agricultural machinery,
industrial equipment, lumber, consumer goods, and fuel--to and
from the Soviet Union. On Hovsgol Nuur, a fleet of freighters,
barges, and tugs connected Turt, which had a road link to the
Soviet Union, with Hatgal on the south shore. Mongolia's shipping
fleet was built with the assistance of Soviet shipbuilders. In
1985 water transport carried 40,000 tons of cargo and 4.8 million
ton-kilometers, or 0.1 percent of all freight turnover. Inland
waterways did not carry passenger traffic.
Data as of June 1989
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