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Ussuri River

The Ussuri (/ˈsʊəri/ oo-SOOR-ee; Russian: Уссури [ʊsˈsurʲɪ]) or Wusuli (Chinese: [(w)úsúlì]) is a river that runs through Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais, Russia and the southeast region of Northeast China. 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 to it near Khabarovsk. It is approximately 897 km (557 mi) long. The Ussuri drains the Ussuri basin, which covers 193,000 km (75,000 sq mi). Its waters come from rain (60%), snow (30–35%), and subterranean springs. The average discharge is 1,620 m/s (57,000 cu ft/s), and the average elevation is 1,682 metres (5,518 ft).

Names

The Ussuri near Gornye Klyuchi

The Ussuri has been known by many names. In Manchu, it was called the Usuri Ula or Dobi Bira (River of Foxes) and in Mongolian the Üssüri Müren. Ussuri is Manchu for soot-black river.

History

Tributaries

Major tributaries of the Ussuri are, from source to mouth:

See also

References

  1. ^ Amur-Heilong River Basin Reader (PDF). ISBN 9789881722713.
  2. ^ Уссури, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  3. ^ Narangoa 2014, p. 299.
  4. ^ Shavkunov E.V., Professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Sector of Archeology of Medieval States of the Institute of History of the Far Eastern Military District. "Книги и статьи по топонимике". toponimika.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Sources

  • Narangoa, Li (2014). Historical Atlas of Northeast Asia, 1590-2010: Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Eastern Siberia. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231160704.