Khor River

Position of the choir in the catchment area of ​​the Ussuri

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The 453 km long chorus (Russian Хор, or even Choro Por) is a right tributary of the Ussuri River in the Far East of Russia ( Asia).

Course

The choir rises in altitude of 950 meters on the western flank of the main ridge of the Sikhote - Alin mountains, a few kilometers south-west of its highest mountain Tordoki - Jani ( 2077 m). It flows through these mountains in a deep valley in a southwesterly, westerly direction later. In the lower reaches of the river reaches the Amurniederung, where it forms a variety of side arms in a marshy area. Finally, the flow named after the river urban-type discharges about 20 kilometers west choir and 70 kilometers southwest of Khabarovsk in the Ussuri River (Chinese Wusuli Jiang). This Amur tributary is here already half a mile wide, and forms the border with the People's Republic of China. The choir is wide near the mouth to 300 m and 3 m deep.

At its entire length of the choir flows on the territory of Khabarovsk Krai.

Hydrographic

The catchment area covers 24,700 km ². The average monthly water flow in estuary near is 388 m³ / s at a maximum of 5000 m³ / s In the summer months it occasionally after heavy rains to catastrophic flooding.

The choir freezes between the end of October / November and the end of April / beginning of May.

Infrastructure and economy

The choir is navigable for 196 kilometers from the mouth for smaller vehicles.

The area in the upper reaches is practically uninhabited; the coniferous forests in the region of the middle run are used for forestry to a considerable extent. From here there are some places on the river, which are connected to the road network. Along the river, however no road. The settlement Sukpai near the mouth of the creek of the same name in the chorus is the end of an approximately 200 km long, mainly forestry purposes serving railway line which branches off south Khabarovsk from the Trans -Siberian Railway. Shortly before Sukpai where the route crosses the river.

The Trans-Siberian Railway crosses himself with two bridges (the two main lines here extend several kilometers apart ) the lower reaches of the choir near the same and largest settlement ( 11,441 inhabitants in 2006 ) on the river. Here also crosses the highway M60 " Ussuri " from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok the river.