First explored by the so-called "Great Northern Expedition" led by Vitus Bering, the Selenga River flows through Lake Baikal and into this river's Angara tributary, and its valley broadens as it passes Krasnoyarsk.
It rises in the Sayan Mountains, while its "little" namesake begins in the Darhadin Bowl. The largest tributaries of its upper and middle sections are the Abakan and Khemchik rivers, while much of its basin is circumscribed by the Hangayn, Hentiyn, and Putorana mountains of Tuva. First explored by the so-called "Great Northern Expedition" led by Vitus Bering, the Selenga River flows through Lake Baikal and into this river's Angara tributary, and its valley broadens as it passes Krasnoyarsk. Taking its name from the Greek for "great river," for ten points, identify this sixth-largest river in the world in terms of discharge, which flows north across Siberia and empties into the Kara Sea.
It rises in the Sayan Mountains, while its "little" namesake begins in the Darhadin Bowl.
{Yenisey} River