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Kerulen

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[ker-uh-len, -luhn] / ˈkɛr əˌlɛn, -lən /
Also Herelen

noun

  1. a river in NE Mongolia, flowing S and E to Kulun Lake, in NE China: a headstream of the Amur River 785 miles (1,263 km) long.


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At or about that date the Kerulen was known to the Chinese as the Lu-kü River, and the geographies of the present dynasty clearly identify it as such.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule

He reached the Kerulen at the place where this river, after running south, takes an easterly direction.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule

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