The Snezhnaya (russian: Снежная lit: Snowy) is a river in
Buryatia
Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...
and
Irkutsk Oblast,
Siberia,
Russia.
Course
It is one of the main rivers that feeds into
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...
. It is named after how most of the water in the river gets into the river: from snowmelt. The river starts in the
Khamar-Daban mountains, where snow melting during warm weather (and rainfall) gets into the river and runs down the mountain. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
See also
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List of rivers of Russia
References
External links
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Rivers of Irkutsk Oblast
Rivers of Buryatia
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