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which there was no road. Among those mountains was the abundant grass and healthy climate of the steppe. Then, legend tells that in Ergune-Khun, Mongols multiplied and become masters of iron smelting and blacksmithing. According to legend, it is the art of melting iron that has helped them escape from the mountain gorges on scope of the current
Mongolian steppes, to the
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Mongol ancestry. In this legend, the
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may overflow at its northern shore, and the water will meet the Argun after about 30 kilometres (19 mi). The
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Perkins, Dorothy (2013). "Amur River (Heilongjiang)".
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1958:International rivers of Asia
977:. Routledge. pp. 10–11.
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1293:Huangshui
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746:'wide' +
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