Ussuri
| Ussuri ᡠᠰᡠᡵᡳ ᡠᠯᠠ usuri ula (in Manchu) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | China, Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Amur |
• coordinates | 48°16′00″N 134°43′13″E / 48.2666°N 134.7204°E |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
Hanyu Pinyin Wūsūlǐ Jiāng | | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Usulii Jiang | |
| Wade–Giles | Wu1su1li3 Chiang1 | |
| IPA | [ú.sú.lì tɕjáŋ] | |
ᡠᠯᠠ
The Ussuri or Wusuli (
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
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
- The Ussuri has a reputation for catastrophic humpback salmon (gorbusha), chum salmon(keta), and others.
- During Operation August Stormin 1945.
- The Damansky Islandon the Ussuri River.
Tributaries
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
- Ussuri brown bear
- Ussurian tiger
- Suiphun–Khanka meadows and forest meadows
References
- ^ ISBN 9789881722713.
- ^ Уссури, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Narangoa 2014, p. 299.
- ^ 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.
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Sources
- Narangoa, Li (2014). Historical Atlas of Northeast Asia, 1590-2010: Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Eastern Siberia. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231160704.
External links
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