Shilka (river)
The Shilka (Russian: Ши́лка; Buryat: Шилкэ, Shilke; Mongolian: Шилка, Shilka; Chinese: 石勒喀) is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai, (Dauria) south-eastern Russia. It has a length of 560 km (350 mi), and has a drainage basin of 206,000 square kilometres (80,000 sq mi).[1] It originates as the confluence of the rivers Onon and Ingoda. Its confluence with the Argun on the Russia-China border gives rise to the Amur. The river is navigable for its entire length. The name derives from Evenki shilki 'narrow valley.'[2] The town Sretensk lies on the Shilka.[1]
| Shilka | |
|---|---|
 Location of the Shilka River within the Amur Basin | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Amur |
• coordinates | 53°19′58″N 121°28′49″E |
| Length | 560 km (350 mi) |
| Basin size | 206,000 km2 (80,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 440 m3/s (16,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Amur→ Sea of Okhotsk |
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The S.S. AMUR on the Shilka River (c.1902)
Tributaries
The largest tributaries of the Shilka are, from source to mouth:[3]
References
- Шилка (река), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow: Russkie slovari, 1998), p. 473.
- Река ШИЛКА in the State Water Register of Russia (Russian)
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