The Nora (russian: Нора) is a river in

Amur Oblast Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrativ ...

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. It is the 2nd longest tributary of the

Selemdzha The Selemdzha () is a river in the Amur Region of Russia. It is the biggest, left tributary of the Zeya. The length of the river is 647 km. The area of its basin 68,600 km². Course The Selemdzha has its source where three mountain r ...

after the Ulma, with a length of and the first in drainage basin area, with . The name originated in "nehru", the Evenki word for "grayling".Water of Russia - Nora
/ref> The river flows across a desolate, uninhabited area. The Lower Nora Zakaznik (Нижне-Норский заказник) is a

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for the

Siberian roe deer The Siberian roe deer, eastern roe deer, or Asian roe (''Capreolus pygargus''), is a species of roe deer found in northeastern Asia. In addition to Siberia and Mongolia, it is found in Kazakhstan, the Tian Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan, eastern ...

that was established in 2010 in the lower basin of the river.Нижне-Норский - Дирекция ООПТ Амурской области
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Course

The Nora is a right

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of the Selemdzha. It has its origin in the southern slopes of the Dzhagdy Range. In its upper reaches the Nora flows fast among pebbles and boulders in a roughly SW direction across the Amur-Zeya Plateau. Then in its lower course it bends southwards entering a

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and flowing among a very marshy area dotted with lakes.Topographic map N-52; M 1: 1,000,00
/ref> Finally it meets the Selemdzha upstream from the mouth of the Orlovka (Mamyn), from the village of

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, Selemdzhinsky District. Google Earth Owing to the proximity of mountain ranges the Nora river basin is affected by heavy snowfall in the winter. The climate is harsh, with severe frosts in January, where the temperature may sink to . There is thick

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in the basin. The river freezes in late October and stays under ice until early May. Summers are humid and warm, with temperatures reaching in July. The main tributaries of the Nora are the Dugda, the longest one, from the right, and the Meun (Mevon) and Egor from the left.

Fauna

Besides the

grayling Grayling or Greyling may refer to: Animals Fish * Grayling, generically, any fish of the genus ''Thymallus'' in the family Salmonidae ** European grayling (''Thymallus thymallus''), the European species of the genus ''Thymallus'' ** Arctic grayli ...

that gives its name to the river,

Amur pike The Amur pike (''Esox reichertii''), also known as the blackspotted pike, is a pike native to the Amur River system in east Asia, as well as freshwater habitat on the island of Sakhalin. Closely related to the northern pike, it reaches a length ...

Amur ide The Amur ide (''Leuciscus waleckii''). also known as Amur chebakAlfred F. Majewicz ed. ''Materials for the Study of Tungusic Languages and Folklore'', p. 1100 is a species of cyprinid fish, inhabiting the Amur River basin in Russia, Mongolia, Chi ...

lenok Lenoks, otherwise known as Asiatic trout or Manchurian trout,James Card: Fly fishing in South Korea.' Retrieved 22 June 2015. are salmonid fish of the genus ''Brachymystax'', native to rivers and lakes in Mongolia, Kazakhstan, wider Siberia (incl ...

, taimen and

silver carp The silver carp (''Hypophthalmichthys molitrix'') is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish, a variety of Asian carp native to China and eastern Siberia, from the Amur River drainage in the north to the Xi Jiang River drainage in the south. Al ...

are among the common fish species in the waters of the Nora river.

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Река Нора - Норский заповедник
{{Portal bar, Russia Rivers of Amur Oblast Drainage basins of the Sea of Okhotsk

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Fauna

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