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Selenge River
The Selenga or Selenge ( ; bua, Сэлэнгэ гол / Сэлэнгэ мүрэн, translit=Selenge gol / Selenge müren; russian: Селенга́, ) is a major river in Mongolia and Buryatia, Russia. Originating from its headwater tributaries, the Ider and the Delger mörön, it flows for before draining into Lake Baikal. The Selenga therefore makes up the most distant headwaters of the Yenisey-Angara river system. Carrying of water into Lake Baikal, it makes up almost half of the riverine inflow into the lake, and forms a wide delta of when it reaches the lake. Periodic annual floods are a feature of the Selenga River. The floods can be classified as “ordinary”, “large” or “catastrophic” based on the degree of impact. Of the twenty-six documented floods that occurred between 1730 and 1900, three were “catastrophic”. The three “catastrophic” floods were the floods of 1830, 1869 and 1897. The Selenga River basin is a semi-arid region that is in area. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evenki Language
Evenki (Ewenkī), formerly known as Tungus or Solon, is the largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languages, a group which also includes Even, Negidal, and the more closely related Oroqen language. The name is sometimes wrongly given as "Evenks". It is spoken by Evenks or Ewenkī(s) in Russia and China. In certain areas the influences of the Yakut and the Buryat languages are particularly strong. The influence of Russian in general is overwhelming (in 1979, 75.2% of the Evenkis spoke Russian, rising to 92.7% in 2002). Evenki children were forced to learn Russian at Soviet residential schools, and returned with a “poor ability to speak their mother tongue...". The Evenki language varies considerably among its dialects, which are divided into three large groups: the northern, the southern and the eastern dialects. These are further divided into minor dialects. A written language was created for Evenkis in the Soviet Union in 1931, first using a Latin alphabet, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khilok (river)
The Khilok (russian: Хилок; mn, Хилго/Khilgo,Secret History of the Mongols paragraph 109O.Bavuu, "Historic lands mentioned in the Secret History of the Mongols, 2005 bua, Хёлго/Khyoolgo) is a river in Eastern Siberia, a right tributary of the Selenga. The length of the river is and its watershed is . There are a few settlements on its banks: Khilok, Bada etc. Arakhley Lake belongs to the Khilok river basin. See also *List of rivers of Russia See also *Selenga Highlands *List of rivers of Russia Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained into ... References Rivers of Zabaykalsky Krai Rivers of Buryatia {{Russia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikoy (river)
mn, Цѳх голrussian: Чикой , image = Река Чикой у села Поворот.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = View of the Chikoy River near Povorot village , pushpin_map = Russia Buryatia , pushpin_map_size = , pushpin_map_caption= Location in Buryatia, Russia , source1_location = Chikokon Range , source1_coordinates = , source1_elevation = ca , mouth = Selenga , mouth_coordinates = , mouth_elevation = , progression = , subdivision_type1 = Countries , subdivision_name1 = Russia, Mongolia , subdivision_type2 = Federal subjects , subdivision_name2 = Transbaikal Krai, Buryatia , length = , discharge1_avg = , basin_size = The Chikoy (russian: Чикой; mn, Цѳх гол, ''Tsökh gol''; bua, Сүхэ гол, ''Sükhe gol'') is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai and the Buryat Republic in Russia, which partially flows along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzhida (river)
The Dzhida (russian: Джида) is a river in the south of Buryatia, Russia, a left tributary of the Selenga. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Geography One of the largest rivers of Buryatia originates in the extreme west of the Khangarul ridge, 3 km east of the Russian-Mongolian border. The first third of the current Dzhida runs in a narrow gorge from northwest to southeast along the mountain taiga in the west of the Zakamensky district. Near the city of Zakamensk, the river turns to the east and flows parallel to the Dzhidinskiy ridge (from the south) and the Maly Khamar-Daban ridge (from the north). Below Zakamensk, the gorges of the river valley alternate with extended areas. Within the Dzhida region, the river takes a more calm character, the valley expands. In the lower reaches the river flows along the southern edge of the Borgoy steppe. 8 km below the village of Dzhida the river flows into Selengu opposite the саenbėn ulus. In the lower reaches, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orkhon River
The Orkhon River (; mn, Орхон гол, ''Orkhon gol'', Old Chinese: 安侯水 ''(*arhoushui)'') is a river in Mongolia. The Orkhon river derives its name from the Old Turkic prefix "or" meaning "middle", and "khan" or king. It rises in the Khangai Mountains in the Tsenkher sum of Arkhangai aimag at the foot of the Suvraga Khairkhan mountain. From there, it crosses the border into Övörkhangai aimag and follows the upper Orkhon valley in an eastern direction until it reaches Kharkhorin. On this stretch, very close to the Orkhon, the Ulaan Tsutgalan river features a waterfall, wide and high, which is a popular destination for tourists. From Kharkhorin it flows northwards until it reaches Bulgan aimag, and then north-east to join the Selenge River next to Sükhbaatar city in Selenge aimag, close to the Russian border. The Selenge then flows further north into Russia and Lake Baikal. With , the Orkhon is longer than the Selenge, making it the longest river in Mongol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egiin Gol
The Egiin Gol ( mn, Эгийн гол) is a river in the Khövsgöl and Bulgan aimags in northern Mongolia. It is the only outflow of Lake Khövsgöl and a left tributary of the Selenge river. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Wooden bridges exist near Khatgal and in sum, and a concrete bridge has been built in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khanui River
Khanui River () is a river flowing down through the valleys of the Khangai Mountains in central Mongolia. It starts in the Chuluut sum of Arkhangai aimag at the north slopes of the Khan-Öndör mountain. It passes next to the center of Erdenemandal sum, and ends in the Khutag-Öndör sum of Bulgan aimag where it discharges into the Selenge. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya e ...
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Delger Mörön
, "wide river") , image = Delgermoron.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = , map = , map_size = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = , pushpin_map_size = , pushpin_map_caption= , subdivision_type1 = Country , subdivision_name1 = Mongolia , subdivision_type2 = Aimags , subdivision_name2 = Khövsgöl , subdivision_type3 = , subdivision_name3 = , subdivision_type4 = , subdivision_name4 = , subdivision_type5 = Major city , subdivision_name5 = Mörön , length = , width_min = , width_avg = , width_max = , depth_min = , depth_avg = , depth_max = , discharge1_location= , discharge1_min = , discharge1_avg = , discharge1_max = , source1 = , source1_location = Ulaan Taiga range , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , mouth = Selenge , mouth_locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ider River
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Cell (journal)
''Cell'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research papers across a broad range of disciplines within the life sciences. Areas covered include molecular biology, cell biology, systems biology, stem cells, developmental biology, genetics and genomics, proteomics, cancer research, immunology, neuroscience, structural biology, microbiology, virology, physiology, biophysics, and computational biology. The journal was established in 1974 by Benjamin LewinElsevier: ''Cell'': Home (accessed 12 December 2008) and is published twice monthly by , an imprint of |
