Selenga
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The Selenge 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) (1024 km according to other sources). The Selenge 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).
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
and Buryatia, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Its source rivers are the Ider River and the Delgermörön
Delgermörön
The Delgermörön is a river in the Khövsgöl aimag in northern Mongolia. Together with the Ider River it is one of the sources of the Selenge River. The source is in the Ulaan Taiga range close to the Russian border, the confluence with the Ider River is in Tömörbulag. The Delgermörön is frozen...
river. It flows into Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the world's oldest at 30 million years old and deepest lake with an average depth of 744.4 metres.Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the...
and has a length of 616 miles (992 km) (1024 km according to other sources). The Selenge is the headwaters of the Yenisei-Angara River
Angara River
The Angara River is a long river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, south-east Siberia, Russia. It is the only river flowing out of Lake Baikal, and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisei River....
system. It carries 935 m³/s of water into Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the world's oldest at 30 million years old and deepest lake with an average depth of 744.4 metres.Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the...
which comprises almost half of riverine inflow and forms a wide delta when it reaches the lake (680 km²).