Ussuri River

Course of the Ussuri

Catchment area of ​​the Ussuri River with tributaries

The Ussuri River (Russian Уссури, Chinese: Wusuli Jiang,乌苏里江/乌苏里江) is a right tributary of the Amur River ( Heilong Jiang) in Russia and China.

The 897 km long Ussuri rises in the Russian Far East east-northeast of Vladivostok in the south of the Sikhote -Alin Mountains ( Coast Mountains towards Japan ). Its source is located a few kilometers west of the coast of the Japan Sea, a marginal sea of the Pacific. From there, its water turns inland, mostly in northern directions. Its headwaters to the confluence with the Arsenjewka south of Kirowski also means Ulache (Russian Улахэ ).

After leaving the mountain from the southwest direction coming Sungatscha flows, which entfließt as Russian- Chinese border river which around 4,400 km ² Khanka. Henceforth is also the Ussuri River border between Russia and China. Further north ends of a southwest direction from coming Muling He. A little below the confluence of the Ussuri River in the Amur, which also located on this border, the town of Khabarovsk is located (the capital of the Russian Far East ).

The Ussuri and the Sungatschi form a navigable stretch of 750 km in length in summer.

1969 there was heavy fighting between the Ussuri border troops.