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The Ussuri River (Chinese: 乌苏里江; pinyin: Wūsūlǐ jīang; Russian: река Уссури; Manchu: Usuri ula) is a river in the east of Northeast China and south of the Russian Far East. It rises in the Sikhote-Alin range, flowing north, forming part of the Sino-Russian border based on the Sino-Russian Convention of Peking in 1860, until it joins the Amur River at Khabarovsk (48°26′N 134°59′E). It is approximately 897 km (500 miles) in length. The area of the Ussuri basin is 193,000 sq km. Its waters come from rain (60%), snow (30-35%) and subterranean springs. The Ussuri River is known for its 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. Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet... The Manchu language is a member of the Tungusic languages of Altaic family; it used to be the language of the Manchu, though now most Manchus speak Mandarin Chinese and there are fewer than 100 native speakers of Manchu out of a total of nearly 10 million ethnic Manchus. ... River upstream of an Australian trout farm A river is a large natural waterway. ... Approximate extent Northeast China (Simplified Chinese: 东北; Traditional Chinese: 東北; pinyin: Dōngběi; literally east-north), historically known as Manchuria, is the name of a region (ca. ... Far Eastern Federal District (highlighted in red) Russian Far East (Russian: Д́альний Вост́ок Росс́ии; English transliteration: Dalny Vostok Rossii) is an informal term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i. ... Sikhote-Alin is the home to Amur tigers, the largest felines in the world. ... For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). ... The Convention of Peking (October 18, 1860), also known as the First Convention of Peking, was a treaty between the Qing Government of China and the British Empire, and between China and France, and China and Russia. ... The Amur (Russian: Амур) (Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江; Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江; Hēilóng Jiāng, literally meaning Black Dragon River) (Mongolian: Хара-Мурэн, Khara-Muren or Black River) (Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning Black... Khabarovsk Bridge (1916) used to be the longest in Imperial Russia and Eurasia. ... km redirects here. ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Subterranean can also refer to something below the Earths surface Subterranean was an album released by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames in 1995. ... A natural spring on Mackinac Island in Michigan. ... Look up flood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A giant grouper at the Georgia Aquarium Fish are aquatic vertebrates that are typically cold-blooded; covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. ... A grayling can refer to a A type of freshwater salmonid fish: Specifically, Thymallus thymallus, the grayling proper, or Generically, any fish of genus Thymallus, the graylings Grayling butterfly, Hipparchia semele, common on heathlands in Britain Grayling is also the name of several places: Grayling, Alaska Grayling, Michigan Grayling Township... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... This article is about the fish. ... Binomial name Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792) Keta redirects here. ...


The Sino-Soviet border conflict of 1969 took place on the Ussuri River. Combatants People’s Republic of China Soviet Union Commanders Mao Tse-Tung Leonid Brezhnev Strength 814,000 658,000 Casualties 800 killed, 620 wounded, 1 lost [1] 58 killed, 94 wounded [2] The Sino-Soviet border conflict of 1969 was a series of armed clashes between the Soviet Union and... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...


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Ussuri River - definition of Ussuri River in Encyclopedia (163 words)
The Ussuri River (Chinese: Wūsūlǐ Jīang 乌苏里江, Russian: река Уссури) is a river in south east Russia, flowing north, forming part of the Chinese border, to the Amur River.
The area of the Ussuri basin is 193,000 sq km.
The Ussuri River is known for its catastrophic floods.
RUSNET.NL :: Encyclopedia :: U :: Ussuri (102 words)
Ussuri river flows north to the Amur River at Khabarovsk, forming part of the Russia-China border.
The Ussuri abounds in fish, and it is used to transport timber.
In 1991 in a peace gesture, the USSR announced the transfer of some of the islands in the river to Chinese control.
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