Snezhnaya | |
Source1: | Khamar-Daban mountains |
Source1 Coordinates: | 51.0767°N 103.2922°W |
Mouth: | Lake Baikal |
Mouth Coordinates: | 51.4757°N 104.6245°W |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Russia |
Length: | 173km (107miles) |
Basin Size: | 3020km2 |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Irkutsk Oblast |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth location in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia |
The Snezhnaya (Russian: Снежная lit: Snowy) is a river in Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, Russia.
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 long, and has a drainage basin of .
Snezhnaya is the name of one of the seven nations of Teyvat in the video game Genshin Impact.