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Selenga River Delta from space, October 1994
Selenga River Delta from space, October 1994

The Selenga or Selenge (Mongolian: Сэлэнгэ, Russian: Селенга́) is a river in Mongolia and Russia. It rises in the Hangai Mountains under the name of Ider, and flows into Lake Baikal. Its length is 1024 km. The Selenga is the headwater of the Yenisei-Angara River. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (640x640, 141 KB)Selenga River Delta, Russia - October 1994 image description here File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (640x640, 141 KB)Selenga River Delta, Russia - October 1994 image description here File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Lake Baikal The Yenisei River basin, Lake Baikal, and the cities of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk Lake Baikal (Russian: О́зеро Байка́л (Ozero Baykal)), a lake in southern Siberia, Russia, between Irkutsk Oblast on the northwest and Buryatia on the southeast, near Irkutsk. ... Енисей Length 5,550 (4,102) km Elevation of the source m Average discharge 19,600 m³/s Area watershed 2,580,000 km² Origin  ? Mouth Arctic Ocean Basin countries Russia The Yenisei basin, Lake Baikal, and the cities of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk Yenisei (Енисе́й) is a river... Angara (Ангара́) is a river, 1840 km (1150 m. ...


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Baikal - LoveToKnow 1911 (1221 words)
As a rule the bottom of the lake has very steep slopes: the Too-fathom and even the 250-fathom lines run close to the shores, that is to say, the steepness of the surrounding mountains (4600 to 6000 ft.) continues beneath the surface.
At the mouth of the Selenga, however, which enters from the south-east, pouring into it the waters and the alluvial deposits from a drainage area of 173,500 sq.
With the exception of the delta of the Selenga, Lake Baikal is surrounded by lofty mountains.
FISH AND FISHERIES AT HIGHER ALTITUDES: ASIA - TECHNICAL PAPER NO. 385 (15994 words)
In the lower course of the River Selenga pike of 360-900 mm length have a fecundity of 7400-270,560.
In the catchment of the Selenga pike is caught by anglers and commercial fishermen.
In the Selenga and Orhon the fecundity is 31,500 to 50,000, and in Lake Hovsgol Nuur 51,000 to 350,000 for age classes 8+ to 13+.
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