Bolshaya Ussurka
River in Russia
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The Bolshaya Ussurka (Russian: Большая Уссурка, literally: "Great Ussuri") is a river in the Russian Far East in Primorsky Krai. It is a right tributary of the Ussuri, which it meets near Dalnerechensk, some 357 km from the mouth of the Ussuri.
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| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Ussuri |
• coordinates | 45°58′24″N 133°40′28″E |
| Length | 560 km (350 mi) |
Basin size | 22,300 km2 (8,600 sq mi) |
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| Progression | Amur→ Sea of Okhotsk |
The area of the Bolshaya Ussurka drainage basin is approximately 29,600 square kilometres (11,400 mi2). It is 440 kilometres (270 mi) long.[1] The river was known as "Iman" (Иман) until the 1972 Renaming of geographical sites in the Russian Far East.[2]
The major tributaries of the Bolshaya Ussurka are the rivers Malinovka, Marevka, Naumovka and Armu.
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