Names of forms of negative relief in language of the Barguts of China’s Northeast

The article deals with the group of orographic terms, which nominate depressed topographic forms. The research is based on the material of toponymy of Shine Barga Zuun khusuu (New Barga Eastern khushuu), which is situated in the northeast part of the urban district of Khulun-Buir (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China). The author considers their general fund and reveals lexical, semantic, and phonetic features. Considered words reveal the specifics of perception of the world by the Barguts and its language representation. They are the result of cognitive and practical activities of bearers of traditional nomad culture, which reflects the formation of spatial structures of different types: systems of settlement, migration, and communications. The character of geographica1 rea1ities’ nomination reflects such features as shape, location etc.