Selenga


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Se·len·ga

(sĕl′ĕng-gä′)
A river of northern Mongolia and southeast Russia flowing about 1,480 km (920 mi) east and north to Lake Baikal.
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Sel•en•ga

(ˌsɛl ɛŋˈgɑ)

n.
a river in N central Asia, flowing E and N through the NW Mongolian People's Republic to Lake Baikal. ab. 700 mi. (1125 km) long.
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Located in Eastern Siberia, Ulan-Ude is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia and is located 100km southeast of Lake Baikal on the confluence of the Uda and Selenga rivers.
In 2014, China pledged US1ドル billion in credit to the Mongolian government to build a hydropower plant on Selenga, one of the 300 rivers flowing into Baikal.
In November 2014, the IRC implementation team chose two chiefdoms (Gbo and Selenga) in Bo District as pilot areas to assess the feasibility and acceptability of CEBS.
Selenga river Basin in Mongolia mine vicinity for example, is reported to contribute 1 % and 3 % of the world flux of dissolved Fe and Pb, respectively (Thorslund et al., 2012).
The lake formed as a result of breakthrough of the Temnik River runoff (a tributary of the Selenga) towards the Lake Gusinoe depression and the partial filling of the depression via Lake Tsaidam by Tsagan-Ghol channel [1].
pseudocuraica were mentioned for the Selenga (GRANINA, 1981) and Verkhnaya Angara (GRANINA, 1992) deltas.
The final chapter is devoted to the protracted rebellions on the Selenga and in the Baikal region at the end of the 17th century.
The agreement was signed by deputy education minister, Mohammad Asif Nang, Human Resources head of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disables, Khair Mohammad Niro and Harakat acting director, Chance Selenga.
It's highly possible that moose populations inhabiting the area east of Baikal Lake (Ditsevich 1990) and further east in steppe valleys of the Selenga and Orkhon basins, and in northeast China also belong to this subspecies.
Influence of industrial effluence of the Selenga pulp and paper mill on soil and plants.
The importance of suspended sediments and bottom sediments in self-purification of the river Selenga from oil products, Hydrobiological Journal.

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