Nercha

The Nercha (Russian: Нерча, Buryat: Нэршүү, Nershüü; Mongolian: Нэрчүү, Nerchüü) is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia, left tributary of the Shilka^[1] (Amur's basin). The length of the river is 580 kilometres (360 mi). The area of its basin is 27,500 square kilometres (10,600 sq mi).^[2] The Nercha freezes up in October and stays icebound until late April – early May. The town of Nerchinsk is located on the Nercha,^{[lower-alpha 1]} 7 kilometres (4 mi) from its confluence with the Shilka.

Nercha
Shilka basin, including Nercha
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Source	Olyokma-Stanovik
Mouth	Shilka
• coordinates	51.9169°N 116.6411°E / 51.9169; 116.6411
Length	580 km (360 mi)
Basin size	27,500 km2 (10,600 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Shilka→ Amur→ Sea of Okhotsk

Nercha
Chinese name
Chinese	尼布楚河
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Níbùchǔ hé
Manchu name
Manchu script	Nibcu bira
Russian name
Russian	Нерча

Notes

1. "Not until 1656 did Filippovich Pashkov, the voevoda of Yeneiseisk , found Nerchinsk at the mouth of the Nercha River..."^[3]

References

1. China Journal. China society of science and arts. 1923. p. 516. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
2. "Река Нерча in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
3. Fu, L. (1966). A Documentary Chronicle of Sino-Western Relations, 1644-1820: Documentation and reference. A Documentary Chronicle of Sino-Western Relations, 1644-1820. Published for the Association for Asian Studies by the University of Arizona Press. p. 482. Retrieved June 8, 2019.