Selenga

English Etymology en Proper noun en river c/Mongolia and c/Russia that flows into Baikal Lake. en 1841 Scanderoon - Signet From this range another branches off at the source of the river Vitima, near 113° E. long., which runs to the south-west, separating the rivers which fall into the Amur from those which run westward to the Selenga. en 1874 Sir Clements Robert Markham The Geographical Magazine 111 The western extremity of this region, namely the territory lying to the west of the Selenga, and between the frontier and the southern end of Baikal, presents the appearance of a table-land, with a height of about 20oo feet, en 1999 T. Petr Fish and Fisheries at Higher Altitudes: Asia Food & Agriculture Org. 9789251043097 195 This migration coincides with summer floods in the Selenga. With declining water temperature the migration stops. Sturgeons have often been observed to overwinter in deep pools of the Selenga and its tributaries. en MARCH 13, 2017 Neil MacFarquhar Neil MacFarquhar A Russian Lake’s Future Hangs on Tourists and Toilets w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20170314013158/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/world/europe/a-russian-lakes-future-hangs-on-tourists-and-toilets.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/world/europe/a-russian-lakes-future-hangs-on-tourists-and-toilets.html March 14, 2017 0362-4331 1645522 Europe The chemicals abandoned when the paper mill closed are seeping into the ground water and will eventually contaminate the lake, according to a study by the Irkutsk region’s Ministry of Natural Resources. Plans by Mongolia to dam the Selenga River, which flows into the lake, are also a Russian concern. Related terms en Novoselenginsk en Selenginsk Translations Buryat: bua Сэлэнгэ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 色楞格河 sik1 ling6 gaak3 ho4 Mandarin: cmn 色楞格河 Sèlénggé Hé Chinese Pidgin Russian: Kyakhta dialect: crp-cpr-kya 昔力個 Evenki: evn Сэленгэ Manchu: mnc ᠰᡝᠯᡝᠩᡤᡝ Mongolian: mn Сэлэнгэ, mn ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ Russian: ru Селенга́ f Anagrams en aeeglns Angeles Leganés Neagles Senegal en Rivers in Russia