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Ussuri River
The Ussuri ( ; ) or Wusuli ( ) 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 to it near Khabarovsk. It is approximately long. The Ussuri drains the Ussuri basin, which covers . Its waters come from rain (60%), snow (30–35%), and subterranean springs. The average discharge is , and the average elevation 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 * 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 k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amur
The Amur River () or Heilong River ( zh, s=黑龙江) is a perennial river in Northeast Asia, forming the natural border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China (historically the Outer Manchuria, Outer and Inner Manchuria). The Amur ''proper'' is long, and has a drainage basin of .Амур (река в Азии) Great Soviet Encyclopedia If including its main stem tributary, the Argun (Amur), Argun, the Amur is long, making it the list of longest rivers, world's tenth longest river. The Amur is an important river for the aquatic animal, aquatic fauna of Northeast Asia. The river basin is home to a variety of large predatory fish such as northern snakehead, Amur pike, taimen, Amur catfish, predatory carp and Elopichthys bambusa, yellowcheek, as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thymallus
''Thymallus'', commonly known as graylings, is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish and the only genus within the subfamily Thymallinae of the family Salmonidae. Although all ''Thymallus'' species can be generically called graylings, without specific qualification the term "grayling" typically refers to the type species '' Thymallus thymallus'', the European grayling. Name The name of the genus ''Thymallus'' first given to grayling (''T. thymallus'') described in the 1758 edition of ''Systema Naturae'' by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus originates from the faint smell of the herb thyme, which emanates from the flesh. ''Thymallus'' derives from the Greek θύμαλλος, "thyme smell". Species According to FishBase, 14 species are placed in this genus. However, views differ on their taxonomic rank. * '' Thymallus arcticus'' ( Pallas, 1776) - Arctic grayling * '' Thymallus baicalensis'' Dybowski, 1874 - Baikal black grayling * '' Thymallus brevipinnis'' Svetovid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoli River
The long Naoli () River flows through Heilongjiang Province in northeast China and is the longest tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ... to the river Ussuri, located on the Sanjiang Plain. References Rivers of Heilongjiang Tributaries of the Ussuri {{China-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikin (river)
The Bikin () is a river in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Ussuri, and is long, with a drainage basin of . Its main tributaries are the rivers Alchan, Klyuchevaya, Kontrovod and Zeva. The town Bikin is situated on the river Bikin. In 2015, a significant portion of the Bikin basin was incorporated into the creation of Bikin National Park, one of the major protected areas of the Russian Federation. In 2018, Bikin River Valley was included in the boundaries of the Central Sikhote-Alin and became a part of the World Heritage World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ... cite. References Rivers of Khabarovsk Krai Rivers of Primorsky Krai World Heritage Sites in Russia {{FarEast-Russia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolshaya Ussurka
The Bolshaya Ussurka (, literally: "Great Ussuri") is a river in the Russian Far East in Primorsky Krai. It is a right tributary of the Ussuri, which it meets near Dalnerechensk. The area of the Bolshaya Ussurka drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ... is approximately . It is long. The river was known as "Iman" (Иман) until the 1972 Renaming of geographical sites in the Russian Far East.Переименована Указом Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 26 декабря 1972 г. и Постановлением Совета Министров РСФСР № 753 от 29 декабря 1972 г. ''(Renamed by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of December 26, 1972 and the Resolution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muling River
Muling or Muren () is a river in Northeast China, a left tributary of the Ussuri. Its length is , and its basin area is approximately . Jixi and Hulin are located on Muling River. The area of the river is known by Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) and battles between Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ... and Kwantung Armies. See also * Muling Notes Rivers of Heilongjiang Tributaries of the Ussuri {{China-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sungacha
The Sungacha or Songacha ( ''Sungacha'' or Сунгач ''Sungach'', ) is a river marking part of the border between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China. It is a left tributary of the Ussuri, and the only outflow of Khanka Lake. The -long Sungacha's length fluctuates, as the stream bed changes every year. The area of its basin is approximately , of which within Russia. - about Sungacha River. The river supports a rich diversity of and , including '' |
Arsenyevka
The Arsenyevka (, formerly ''Daubi-He'' ) is a left tributary of the Ussuri in Anuchinsky and Yakovlevsky Districts of Primorsky Krai, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders .... The length of the river is approximately and its basin area is . It rises on the western slope in the southwestern region of the Sikhote-Alin mountain range. It is named after Russian soldier and explorer Vladimir Arsenyev. The largest inhabited localities on the river are Anuchino, Arsenyev, and Yakovlevka. The longest tributaries are the Muraveyka at which joins the Arsenyevka near Anuchino, the Sinegorka at , and the Lipovtsy, . External linksArsenyevka River - Britannica Online Encyclopedia References {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Rivers of Primorsky Krai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damansky Island
Zhenbao Island () or Damansky Island () is an island in Hulin, Jixi, Heilongjiang Province, China, with an area of only . It is on the Ussuri River on the border between Primorsky Krai, Russia, and Heilongjiang, Heilongjiang Province, China. Prior to the 1991 Sino-Soviet Border Agreement, the island was Sino-Soviet border conflict, disputed between China and the Soviet Union. It got its Russian name from the railway engineer Stanislav Damansky, who died there in an incident in 1888 while he was charting the future route for the Trans-Siberian railway. Conflict between Soviet Union and China The island was the subject of a territorial dispute between the Soviet Union and China. China (PRC) held that "in the absence of an explicit treaty provision, the central line of the main channel—the Thalweg principle—provided a legal basis for delimiting the boundary in the two rivers. On this basis, Beijing claimed that 600 of the rivers’ 700 islands—including Zhenbao Island on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sino-Soviet Border Conflict
The Sino-Soviet border conflict, also known as the Sino-Soviet crisis, was a seven-month undeclared military conflict between the Soviet Union and China in 1969, following the Sino-Soviet split. The most serious border clash, which brought the world's two largest socialist states to the brink of war, occurred near Damansky (Zhenbao) Island on the Ussuri (Wusuli) River in Manchuria. Clashes also took place in Xinjiang. In 1964, the Chinese revisited the matter of the Sino-Soviet border demarcated in the 19th century, originally imposed upon the Qing dynasty by the Russian Empire by way of unequal treaties. Negotiations broke down amid heightening tensions and both sides began dramatically increasing military presence along the border. Sino-Soviet relations worsened further following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Border confrontations escalated in March 1969 when a group of People's Liberation Army troops engaged Soviet border guards on Zhenbao Island in Manc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation August Storm
The Soviet invasion of Manchuria, formally known as the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation or simply the Manchurian Operation () and sometimes Operation August Storm, began on 9 August 1945 with the Soviet invasion of the Empire of Japan's puppet state of Manchukuo, which was situated in Japanese-occupied Manchuria. It was the largest campaign of the 1945 Soviet–Japanese War, which resumed hostilities between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Empire of Japan after almost six years of peace. Soviet gains on the continent were Manchukuo, Mengjiang (the northeast section of present-day Inner Mongolia) and northern Korea. The Soviet entry into this theater of the war and the defeat of the Kwantung Army were significant factors in the Japanese government's decision to surrender unconditionally, as it became apparent that the Soviet Union had no intention of acting as a third party in negotiating an end of the war on conditional terms. Robert Butow, ''Japan's D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
