Selenga River

E273863
river transboundary river

The Selenga River is a major river in Mongolia and Russia that drains a vast basin before emptying into Lake Baikal, contributing the largest share of the lake’s inflowing water.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Selenga River canonical 3
Selenga River basin 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
transboundary river ⓘ
alternativeName Selenge River ⓘ
averageDischarge approximately 935 cubic metres per second ⓘ
basinArea approximately 447000 square kilometres ⓘ
climateZone continental climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Mongolia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
crossesInternationalBorder Mongolia–Russia border ⓘ
deltaLocation southeastern Lake Baikal ⓘ
dischargeContributionToLakeBaikal largest single contributor of inflowing water ⓘ
drainageBasin Selenga River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Selenga River basin
ecologicalSignificance supports diverse wetland and aquatic ecosystems ⓘ
environmentalConcerns pollution from mining and industry in the basin ⓘ
sedimentation affecting Lake Baikal delta ⓘ
flowsInto Lake Baikal ⓘ
frozenPeriod typically from November to April ⓘ
governingBasinCountries Mongolia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
hasDelta Selenga River delta ⓘ
hasWatershedSharedWith Orkhon River ⓘ
surface form: Orkhon River basin
importance primary freshwater source for Lake Baikal ⓘ
length approximately 616 miles ⓘ
approximately 992 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Eastern Siberia ⓘ
surface form: East Siberia
majorTributaryOf Lake Baikal inflow system ⓘ
mouthCountry Russia ⓘ
mouthLocation southeastern shore of Lake Baikal ⓘ
name Selenga River self-link ⓘ
partOf Angara River ⓘ
surface form: Yenisei–Angara–Baikal river system
passesNear Ulan-Ude ⓘ
passesThrough Buryatia ⓘ
region Siberia ⓘ
sourceRegion northern Mongolia ⓘ
tributary Chikoy River ⓘ
Egiin Gol ⓘ
Khilok River ⓘ
Orkhon River ⓘ
Tuul River ⓘ
Uda River ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
waterSystem Lake Baikal basin ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Baikal → inflow → Selenga River ⓘ
Mongolian Plateau → drainedBy → Selenga River ⓘ
Republic of Buryatia → containsPart → Selenga River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selenga River basin
Selenga River → name → Selenga River self-link ⓘ
Selenga River → drainageBasin → Selenga River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selenga River basin