Uda (Selenga)

Uda
Uda
	The Uda river near Ulan-Ude
	The Uda as an east tributary of the Selenga
Native name	Уда́ (Russian); Үдэ (Buryat);
Location
Country	Russia
Region	Buryatia
Districts	Yeravninsky DistrictKhorinsky DistrictZaigrayevsky DistrictUlan-Ude
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Vitim Plateau
• coordinates	52°33′03″N 112°11′37″E / 52.55083°N 112.19361°E
Mouth	Selenga
• coordinates	51°49′57″N 107°34′16″E / 51.83250°N 107.57111°E
Length	467 km (290 mi)
Basin size	34,800 km2 (13,400 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	69.8 m3/s (2,460 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Selenga→ Lake Baikal→ Angara→ Yenisey→ Kara Sea
Tributaries
• left	Khudan

The Uda (Russian: Уда́ [ʊˈda]; Buryat: Үдэ гол, romanized: Üde gol) is a river in the Buryat Republic, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Selenga, which it meets near the city Ulan-Ude. Its length is 467 kilometers (290 mi), and it has a drainage basin of 34,800 square kilometres (13,400 sq mi).^[1]

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.^[2]

Fish

The Uda is a prime habitat for the pink, chum, red, and coho salmons. 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 95 kilograms (209 lb) have been caught here.^[2]