Selenga

English

Proper noun

Selenga

1. a river in Russia and Mongolia that flows into Lake Baikal.
   • 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.

   • 1874, Sir Clements Robert Markham, The Geographical Magazine, page 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,

   • 1999, T. Petr, Fish and Fisheries at Higher Altitudes: Asia, Food & Agriculture Org., →ISBN, page 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.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 色楞格河 (sik¹ ling⁶ gaak³ ho⁴)

  Mandarin: 色楞格河 (zh) (Sèlénggé Hé)

• Manchu: ᠰᡝᠯᡝᠩᡤᡝ (selengge)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: Селенга́ (ru) f (Selengá)

Anagrams

• Angeles, Leganés, Neagles, Senegal