Selenga River
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| Selenga River (Селенга Сэлэнгэ) |
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| Selenge | |
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 Selenga river delta
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| Countries |  Mongolia,  Russia |
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| Major city | Ulan-Ude, Sükhbaatar |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Eg River, Dzhida River |
| - right | Orkhon River, Khanui River, Chikoy River, Khilok River, Uda River |
| Primary source | Delgermörön River |
| Secondary source | Ider River |
| Source confluence | Olon golyn bilchir |
| - location | Khövsgöl, Mongolia |
| - coordinates | 49°15′40″N 100°40′45″E / 49.26111°N 100.67917°E |
| Mouth | Lake Baikal |
| Length | 992 km (616 mi) |
| Basin | 447,000 km2 (172,588 sq mi) |
| Discharge | for Ust-Kyakhta |
| - average | 284 m3/s (10,029 cu ft/s) |
| - max | 601 m3/s (21,224 cu ft/s) August |
| - min | 23 m3/s (812 cu ft/s) February |
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The Selenga River (Selenge River, Mongolian: Сэлэнгэ мөрөн, Selenge mörön; Buryat: Сэлэнгэ гол, Сэлэнгэ мүрэн; Russian: Селенга) is a major river in Mongolia and Buryatia, Russia. Its source rivers are the Ider River and the Delgermörön river. It flows into Lake Baikal and has a length of 616 miles (992 km)[1][2] (1024 km according to other sources[3]). The Selenga River is the headwaters of the Yenisei-Angara River system. It carries 935 m³/s of water into Lake Baikal which comprises almost half of riverine inflow and forms a wide delta when it reaches the lake (680 km²).
The name Selenge Province in northern Mongolia is derived from the name of this river.
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[edit] References
- ^ H. Barthel, Mongolei-Land zwischen Taiga und Wüste, Gotha 1990, p.34f
- ^ "Сэлэнгэ мөрөн". www.medeelel.mn. http://www.medeelel.mn/index.php?page=land&sm=73&s=1345. Retrieved July 16, 2007.
- ^ "Great Soviet Encyclopedia, article Селенга". www.yandex.ru. http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/bse/article/00069/94300.htm?text=%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0&stpar1=1.1.1. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
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