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The Uda ( ; ) is a river in the Buryat Republic,
The Uda ( ; ) is a river in the Buryat Republic, Russia
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. It is a right tributary
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of the Selenga, which it meets near the city Ulan-Ude. Its length is , and it has a drainage basin of .
The Uda basin lies in the Tuguro-Chumikanskiy region. The word ''Uda'' is derived from the Yakut word ''ud'', meaning "milk". The name was conferred on the river owing to a nearby milk-colored lake.
Fish
The Uda is a prime habitat for thepink
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, chum
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, red, and coho salmon
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s. Other fish species found in the Uda include the Siberian taimen, two forms of lenok, and Amur grayling. The river is especially important as it remains one of the last strongholds of taimen, which have dwindled in other Siberian rivers. Taimens grow to huge sizes here; specimens weighing have been caught here.
See also
* Selenga Highlands *List of rivers of Russia
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References
Rivers of Buryatia {{Russia-river-stub