Ussuri

Ussuri
ᡠᠰᡠᡵᡳ
ᡠᠯᠠ

usuri ula (in Manchu)
Река Уссури у посёлка Горные Ключи.JPG
Location
CountryChina, Russia
Physical characteristics
MouthAmur
 • coordinates
48°16′00″N 134°43′13″E / 48.2666°N 134.7204°E / 48.2666; 134.7204Coordinates: 48°16′00″N 134°43′13″E / 48.2666°N 134.7204°E / 48.2666; 134.7204
Length897 km (557 mi)
Basin size193,000 km2 (75,000 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionAmurSea of Okhotsk
Ussuri
Location Ussuri-River.png
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese烏蘇里江
Simplified Chinese乌苏里江
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡠᠰᡠᡵᡳ
ᡠᠯᠠ
Romanizationusuri ula
Russian name
Russianрека Уссури
Romanizationreka Ussuri

The Ussuri or Wusuli (Russian: Уссури; Chinese: ; pinyin: Wūsūlǐ Jiāng) 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 kilometers (557 mi) long. The Ussuri drains the Ussuri basin, which covers 193,000 square kilometers (75,000 sq mi). Its waters come from rain (60%), snow (30–35%), and subterranean springs. The average discharge is 1,150 cubic metres per second (41,000 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


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