Dorong () is a body of fresh water in the

Bauntovsky District Bauntovsky District (; , ''Babanta (Bauntyn) aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The a ...

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. The name originated in an Evenki word. Dorong is a

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of Russia because of its landscapes. The valley of the lake acts as a corridor and is usually very windy.

Geography

The lake is located at the southwestern corner of the

Southern Muya Range The Southern Muya Range () is a mountain range in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands. The highest point of the range is 3,067 m high Muisky Gigant; another important peak is 2363 m high Mount Shaman. Google Earth ...

, near where it merges with the

Ikat Range Ikat Range () is a mountain range in Buryatia, Russia. It runs in a parallel direction to the Baikal Rift. The range is named after two small rivers sharing the name "Ikat" which have their sources in opposite slopes of the range one is a tribut ...

. It is a deep and elongated lake, bound by steep mountains on both sides. The Dorong stretches roughly from north to south for and has a width of about which remains fairly constant along the length of the lake. The Tocha river, belonging to the

Tsipa The Tsipa () is the largest tributary of the Vitim in Buryatia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Maksim Perfilyev was the first Russian to reach the Tsipa in 1640. Perch, pike, lenok, grayling, taimen and whitefish are also ...

basin, enters the lake from the north and flows out of it from the south.

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Fauna

Whitefish species are common in the waters of the lake.Morphological, ecological and mtDNA sequence variation in coregonid fish from the Baunt Lake system (the Vitim River basin)
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Dorong Dorong () is a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The name originated in an Evenki word. Dorong is a natural monument of Russia because of its landscapes. The valley of the lake acts as a corridor and is usually ...

Geography

Fauna

See also

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