Selenga (Сэлэнгэ мөрөн)
Selenga
River
Selenga river delta
Countries	Mongolia, Russia
Major city	Sükhbaatar, Ulan-Ude
Tributaries
- left	Egiin River
- right	Orkhon River
Primary source	Delgermörön
Secondary source	Ideriin River
Source confluence	Olon golyn bilchir
- location	Khövsgöl, Mongolia
- coordinates	49°15′40″N 100°40′45″E / 49.26111°N 100.67917°E / 49.26111; 100.67917
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

The Selenga (Russian: Селенга) or Selenge (Mongolian: Сэлэнгэ гол, Сэлэнгэ мөрөн, Buryat: Сэлэнгэ гол) is the chief river in Mongolia and Buryatia (Russia). Its source rivers are the Ideriin River and the Delgermörön. It flows into Lake Baikal and has a length of 992 km^[1][2] (1024 km according to other sources^[3]). The Selenga is the headwater of the Yenisei-Angara River. It carries 935 m³/s of water into Lake Baikal which comprises almost half of riverine inflow and forms wide delta in the lake (680 km²).

The Selenge river in Russia

[edit] See also

• List of rivers of Mongolia

[edit] References

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