Ussuri
River in the Russian Far East and Northeast China
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The Ussuri (/uːˈsʊəri/ oo-SOOR-ee; Russian: Уссури [ʊsˈsurʲɪ]) or Wusuli (Chinese: 乌苏里; pinyin: wūsūlǐ [ǔsǔlî]) is a river that runs through Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais, Russia and the southeast region of Northeast China in the province of Heilongjiang. It rises in the Sikhote-Alin mountain range, flowing north and forming part of the Sino-Russian border (which is based on the Sino-Russian Convention of Peking of 1860), until it joins the Amur as a tributary near Khabarovsk. It is approximately 897 km (557 mi) long. The Ussuri drains the Ussuri basin, which covers 193,000 km2 (75,000 mi2).[2] Its waters come from rain (60%), snow (30–35%), and subterranean springs. The average discharge is 1,620 m3/s (57,000 cu ft/s),[1] and the average elevation is 1,682 metres (5,518 ft).
| Ussuri ᡠᠰᡠᡵᡳ ᡠᠯᠠ | |
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| Location | |
| Country | China, Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Amur |
• coordinates | 48.2666°N 134.7204°E |
| Length | 897 km (557 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 193,000 km2 (75,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Khabarovsk, Russia (near mouth) |
| • average | 1,620 m3/s (57,000 cu ft/s)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Amur→ Sea of Okhotsk |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 烏蘇里江 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乌苏里江 | ||||||||||||
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| Manchu script | ᡠᠰᡠᡵᡳ ᡠᠯᠠ | ||||||||||||
| Romanization | usuri ula | ||||||||||||
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| Russian | река Уссури | ||||||||||||
| Romanization | reka Ussuri | ||||||||||||
| Japanese name | |||||||||||||
| Japanese | ウスリー川 Usurī Kawa | ||||||||||||
Names
History
- The Ussuri has a reputation for catastrophic floods. It freezes up in November and stays under the ice until April. The river teems with different kinds of fish: grayling, sturgeon, humpback salmon (gorbusha), chum salmon (keta), and others.
- During World War II, the river marked one of the boundaries which Soviet forces crossed into Manchuria in Operation August Storm in 1945.
- The Sino-Soviet border conflict of 1969 took place at the Soviet Damansky Island on the Ussuri River.
Tributaries
Major tributaries of the Ussuri are, from source to mouth:
- Arsenyevka (left)
- Sungacha (left)
- Muling (left)
- Bolshaya Ussurka (right)
- Bikin (right)
- Naoli (left)
- Khor (right)
