Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape(Mongolian: Орхоны хөндийн соёлын дурсгал) sprawls along the banks of theOrkhon River in Central Mongolia, some 320 km west from the capital Ulaanbaatar. For many centuries, the Orkhon Valley was viewed as the seat of the imperial power of the steppes. Whoever controlled this valley was considered heavenly appointed leader of the Turks and could rally the tribes. Thus control of the Orkhon Valley was of the utmost strategic importance for every Turkic state. Historically every Turkic capital (Ördü) was located here for this exact reason. There were many houses by the bank but they are all gone now.
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| The Orkhon Waterfall in its winter |
Picture Source: Collected from Internet
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