Meanings
- A river in Mongolia and Russia that flows into Baikal Lake.
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.
1999, T. Petr, Fish and Fisheries at Higher Altitudes: Asia, Food & Agriculture Org., →ISBN, page 1953 more examples
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.
1841, Scanderoon - SignetThe 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,
1874, Sir Clements Robert Markham, The Geographical Magazine, page 111The 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.
2017 March 13, Neil MacFarquhar, “A Russian Lake’s Future Hangs on Tourists and Toilets”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2017, Europe
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 色楞格河
- 色楞格河 (sik¹ ling⁶ gaak³ ho⁴)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 色楞格河
- 色楞格河 (Sèlénggé Hé)Translations
Russian Селенга́
- Селенга́ (Selengá)Translations
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Cite this entry
Selenga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Selenga
“Selenga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Selenga. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Selenga,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Selenga.
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