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River in the Russian Far East and Northeast China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ussuri or Wusuli (Russian: Уссури; Chinese: 乌苏里江; pinyin: Wūsūlǐ Jiāng) 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 km2 (75,000 sq mi).[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 usuri ula (in Manchu) | |
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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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Ussuri | |||||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 烏蘇里江 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 乌苏里江 | ||||||||||||
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Manchu name | |||||||||||||
Manchu script | ᡠᠰᡠᡵᡳ ᡠᠯᠠ | ||||||||||||
Romanization | usuri ula | ||||||||||||
Russian name | |||||||||||||
Russian | река Уссури | ||||||||||||
Romanization | reka Ussuri |
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.[3] Ussuri is Manchu for soot-black river.[4]
Major tributaries of the Ussuri are, from source to mouth:
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