Ussuri
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The Ussuri (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell; Template:Langx Template:IPA) or Wusuli (Template:Zh Template:IPAc-cmn) 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 Template:Convert long. The Ussuri drains the Ussuri basin, which covers Template:Convert.<ref>Уссури, Great Soviet Encyclopedia</ref> Its waters come from rain (60%), snow (30–35%), and subterranean springs. The average discharge is Template:Convert,<ref name="Amur-Heilong River Basin Reader">Template:Cite book</ref> and the average elevation is Template:Convert.
Names
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.Template:Sfn Ussuri is Manchu for soot-black river.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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)
See also
References
Sources
External links
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- http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80349e/80349E10.GIF Template:Webarchive
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