Snezhnaya

River in Russia

51°04′36″N 103°17′32″E / 51.07667°N 103.29222°E / 51.07667; 103.29222 MouthLake Baikal

• coordinates

51°28′33″N 104°37′28″E / 51.4757°N 104.6245°E / 51.4757; 104.6245Length173 km (107 mi)Basin size3,020 km² (1,170 sq mi)Basin featuresProgressionLake Baikal→ Angara→ Yenisey→ Kara Sea

The Snezhnaya (Russian: Снежная lit: Snowy) is a river in Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, Russia.

Course

It is one of the main rivers that feeds into Lake Baikal. 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 173 kilometres (107 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 3,020 square kilometres (1,170 sq mi).^[1]