Ussuri River

Ussuri River
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	烏蘇里江
Simplified Chinese	乌苏里江
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wūsūlǐ Jīang
Manchu name
Manchu script
Romanization	Usuri ula
Russian name
Russian	река Уссури reka Ussuri

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wūsūlǐ Jīang

The Ussuri River or Wusuli River (Russian: река 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 River as a tributary to it at Khabarovsk (48°26′N 134°59′E / 48.433°N 134.983°E / 48.433; 134.983). It is approximately 897 kilometers (557 mi) long. The Ussuri River 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).

The Ussuri River 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.

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