The Ussuri ( ; ) or Wusuli ( ) is a river that runs through Khabarovsk Krai and , Russia and the southeast region of Northeast China in the province of Heilongjiang. It rises in the Sikhote-Alin mountain range, flowing north and forming part of the China-Russian border (which is based on the Sino-Russian Convention of Peking of 1860), until it joins the Amur as a tributary near Khabarovsk. It is approximately long. The Ussuri drains the Ussuri drainage basin, which covers .[ Уссури, Great Soviet Encyclopedia] Its waters come from rain (60%), snow (30–35%), and subterranean springs. The average discharge is ,
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.
Ussuri is Manchu for
soot-black river.
History
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The Ussuri has a reputation for catastrophic . It freezes up in November and stays under the ice until April. The river teems with different kinds of fish: Thymallus, sturgeon, humpback salmon ( gorbusha), chum salmon ( keta), and others.
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During World War II, the river marked one of the boundaries which Soviet forces crossed into Manchuria in Operation August Storm in 1945.
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The Sino-Soviet border conflict of 1969 took place at the Soviet Damansky Island on the Ussuri River.
Tributaries
Major tributaries of the Ussuri are, from source to mouth:
See also
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Ussuri brown bear
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Ussurian tiger
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Suiphun–Khanka meadows and forest meadows
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