Ussuri

River in the Russian Far East and Northeast China

Ussuri

ᡠᠰᡠᡵᡳ
ᡠᠯᠠ

Location
Country| China, Russia
Physical characteristics
Mouth| Amur

• coordinates

| 48°16′00″N 134°43′13″E﻿ / ﻿48.2666°N 134.7204°E﻿ / 48.2666; 134.7204
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
Ussuri

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese| 烏蘇里江
Simplified Chinese| 乌苏里江
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Wūsūlǐ Jiāng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh| Usulii Jiang
Wade–Giles| Wu1su1li3 Chiang1
IPA| [ú.sú.lì tɕjáŋ]
Manchu name
Manchu script| ᡠᠰᡠᡵᡳ
ᡠᠯᠠ
Romanization| usuri ula
Russian name
Russian| река Уссури
Romanization| reka Ussuri
Japanese name
Japanese| ウスリー川
Usurī Kawa

The Ussuri (/uːˈsʊəri/ oo-SOOR-ee; Russian: Уссури [ʊsˈsurʲɪ]) or Wusuli (Chinese: 烏蘇里 [(w)úsúlì]) 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).

## Names

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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.[3] Ussuri is Manchu for soot-black river.[4]

## History

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* The Ussuri has a reputation for 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.
* During World War II, the river marked one of the boundaries which Soviet forces crossed into Manchuria in Operation August Storm in 1945.
* The Sino-Soviet border conflict of 1969 took place at the Soviet Damansky Island on the Ussuri River.

## Tributaries

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Major tributaries of the Ussuri are, from source to mouth:

* Arsenyevka (left)
* Sungacha (left)
* Muling (left)
* Bolshaya Ussurka (right)
* Bikin (right)
* Naoli (left)
* Khor (right)

## See also

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* Ussuri brown bear
* Ussurian tiger
* Suiphun–Khanka meadows and forest meadows

## References

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1. ^ a b c Amur-Heilong River Basin Reader (PDF). ISBN 9789881722713.
2. ^ Уссури, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
3. ^ Narangoa 2014, p. 299.
4. ^ Shavkunov E.V., Professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Sector of Archeology of Medieval States of the Institute of History of the Far Eastern Military District. "Книги и статьи по топонимике". toponimika.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-20.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

## Sources

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* Narangoa, Li (2014). Historical Atlas of Northeast Asia, 1590-2010: Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Eastern Siberia. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231160704.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ussuri River.

Look up Ussuri in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

* Article containing a detail map[dead link as of 18 March 2017]
* http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80349e/80349E10.GIF

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