Ussuri River

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Ussuri River
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese:	烏蘇里江
Simplified Chinese:	乌苏里江
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: Wūsūlǐ Jīang
Manchu name
Manchu:	Usuri ula
Russian name
Russian:	река Уссури

The Ussuri River is a river in the east of Northeast China and south of the Russian Far East. It rises in the Sikhote-Alin range, flowing north, forming part of the Sino-Russian border based on the Sino-Russian Convention of Peking in 1860, until it joins the Amur River at Khabarovsk (48°26′N 134°59′E / 48.433°N 134.983°E / 48.433; 134.983). It is approximately 897 km (557 miles) in length. The area of the Ussuri basin is 193,000 km² (74,516 mi²). Its waters come from rain (60%), snow (30-35%) and subterranean springs. Average discharge is 1,150 m³/s, elevation - 1,682 m. The Ussuri River is known for its 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.

In World War II the river was one of the regions where Soviet forces crossed into Manchuria in Operation August Storm in 1945.

The Sino-Soviet border conflict of 1969 took place on the Ussuri River.

Also, the Ussuri is a tributary of the Amur River.

Major tributaries of the Ussuri River are:

• Muling River (left)
• Naoli River (left)
• Songacha River (left)
• Arsenyevka River (left)
• Bikin River (right)
• Khor River (right)
• Bolshaya Ussurka River (right)

[edit] External links

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• http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80349e/80349E10.GIF