Uda (Khabarovsk Krai)
Uda | |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Sea of Okhotsk |
• location | Uda Gulf |
• coordinates | 54°44′26″N 135°18′05″E / 54.7406°N 135.3014°E |
Length | 457 km (284 mi) |
Basin size | 61,300 km2 (23,700 sq mi) |
The Uda (Russian: У́да,[1][2] Chinese: 乌第河) is a river in Khabarovsk Krai, in the Russian Far East. It is 457 kilometres (284 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 61,300 square kilometres (23,700 sq mi).[3]
Geography
The Uda flows into the
Tributaries
Its main tributaries are the 229 kilometres (142 mi) long Shevly, the 142 kilometres (88 mi) long Gerbikan and the 134 kilometres (83 mi) long Galam from the right, and the 160 kilometres (99 mi) long Chogar, the 186 kilometres (116 mi) long Dzhana, the 363 kilometres (226 mi) long Maya and the 148 kilometres (92 mi) long Udykhyn from the left.[5]
History
From the
Udsk Ostrog (fort) was founded in 1679,[6] or 1659 [7] on the left bank of the river 76 to 97 kilometres (47 to 60 mi) upstream. There were suggestions to move Okhotsk south to Udsk but this was rejected because of the poor harbor and the proximity of the Chinese border. There were generally about 10 peasant families around the fort trying to produce grain and a few thin cattle, but results were poor. Sometimes seed corn had to be imported. A pood of rye flour that cost half a ruble at Irkutsk cost 8 to 10 rubles at Udsk. The population was 30 in 1690, 200 in 1800 and 164 in 1865.
Yakutsk-Udsk Track: This was an ill-defined route used to supply Udsk from Yakutsk. It was open from April to October but there was some winter travel. Its length was estimated at 1,123 to 1,502 kilometres (698 to 933 mi). It crossed the
See also
Notes
- ^ F.L. Ageenko and M.V. Zarva, Slovar udarenii (Moscow: Russkii yazyk, 1984), p. 762.
- ^ E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow: Russkie slovari, 1998), p. 429.
- ^ "Река Уда (Уд) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- ^ Google Earth
- ^ Уда - Water of Russia
- ^ John J Stephen, "The Russian Far East",1994,age 27
- ^ Robert J Kerner, "The Urge to the Sea", 1942,page 80
- ^ James R Gipson, "Feeding the Russian Fur Trade",1969