Shilka (river)

River in Russia

Shilka

The Shilka River near Bolotovo.

Location of the Shilka River within the Amur Basin

Location
Country| Russia
Physical characteristics
Mouth| Amur

• coordinates

| 53°19′58″N 121°28′49″E﻿ / ﻿53.33278°N 121.48028°E﻿ / 53.33278; 121.48028
Length| 560 km (350 mi)
Basin size| 206,000 km2 (80,000 sq mi)
Discharge|
• average| 440 m3/s (16,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression| Amur→ Sea of Okhotsk
The S.S. AMUR on the Shilka River (c.1902)

The Shilka (Russian: Ши́лка; Evenki: Силькари, Sil'kari; Buryat: Шилкэ, Shilke; Mongolian: Шилка, Shilka; Chinese: 石勒喀; pinyin: shílē kā) is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai, (Dauria) south-eastern Russia. It has a length of 560 km (350 mi), and has a drainage basin of 206,000 square kilometres (80,000 sq mi).[1]

The name derives from Evenki shilki 'narrow valley.'[2]

## Course

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It originates as the confluence of the rivers Onon and Ingoda. Its confluence with the Argun on the Russia-China border gives rise to the Amur. The river is navigable for its entire length. The town Sretensk lies on the Shilka.[1]

### Tributaries

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The largest tributaries of the Shilka are, from source to mouth:[3]

* Onon (right)
* Ingoda (left)
* Nercha (left)
* Kuenga (left)
* Chacha (left)
* Kara (left)
* Chyornaya (left)

## See also

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* Selenga Highlands
* List of rivers of Russia

## References

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1. ^ a b Шилка (река), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
2. ^ E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow: Russkie slovari, 1998), p. 473.
3. ^ "Река ШИЛКА in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).

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