Selenge River

The Selenge is the largest river of Mongolia. The Selenge is formed by the confluence of the Ider river, which rises on the northern slope of the Khangai Mountain Range, and the Delger river. The Selenge river drains into Lake Baikal in Siberia. The Selenge river is 992 kilometers long, of which 593 kilometers flows through Mongolian territory. Large rivers – the Orkhon, Yeroo and Tamir – drain into the Selenge. The annual flow of the Selenge river is a remarkable 9.3 cubic kilometres and it accepts 30.6% of the flow of all rivers in Mongolia. By prior arrangement, you can travel by small ship from Sukhbaatar It appears that the Selenge river is navigable from Sukhbaatar town all the way to Lake Baikal and thence to the Arctic Ocean. The river is home to a large number of threatened and endemic species, including the Baikal sturgeon, taimen, lenok, sig, umber, pike, Siberian roach, golden carp, mirror carp, amur catfish, burbot, river perch and over 170 species of bird.