Ussuri

Ussuri ᡠᠰᡠᡵᡳ ᡠᠯᠠ
Location
Country	China, Russia
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Amur
• coordinates	48°16′00″N 134°43′13″E / 48.2666°N 134.7204°E / 48.2666; 134.7204
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
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	烏蘇里江
Simplified Chinese	乌苏里江
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wūsūlǐ Jiāng Gwoyeu Romatzyh Usulii Jiang Wade–Giles Wu1su1li3 Chiang1 IPA [ú.sú.lì tɕjáŋ]
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡠᠰᡠᡵᡳ ᡠᠯᠠ
Romanization	usuri ula
Russian name
Russian	река Уссури
Romanization	reka Ussuri

The Ussuri (/uːˈsʊəri/ oo-SOOR-ee; Russian: Уссури [ʊsˈsurʲɪ]) or Wusuli (Chinese: 乌苏里; pinyin: wūsūlǐ [ǔsǔlî]) is a river that runs through Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais, 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 Sino-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 897 km (557 mi) long. The Ussuri drains the Ussuri basin, which covers 193,000 km² (75,000 mi²).² Its waters come from rain (60%), snow (30–35%), and subterranean 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).

The Ussuri has been known by many names. In Manchu, it was called the Usuri Ula³ or Dobi Bira (River of Foxes) and in Mongolian the Üssüri Müren.⁴ Ussuri is Manchu for soot-black river.⁵

• The Ussuri 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.
• During World War II, the river marked one of the boundaries which Soviet forces crossed into Manchuria in Operation August Storm in 1945.
• The Sino-Soviet border conflict of 1969 took place at the Soviet Damansky Island on the Ussuri River.

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)