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 897 km (557 mi) long.

The Amur-Ussuri Cossacks are the combined peoples of the Amur Cossack Host and the Ussuri Cossack Host. Early in their history they intermarried with or incorporated into their units many Tungusic peoples. This was a key element in their considering themselves a separate people from other Cossacks.

The Amur River (Russian: река Амур) or Heilong River (Chinese: 黑龙江) [8] is a perennial river in Northeast Asia, forming the natural border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China (historically the Outer and Inner Manchuria). The Amur proper is 2,824 km (1,755 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 1,855,000 km 2 (716,000 ...

Ussuri River, northward-flowing tributary of the Amur River that for a considerable distance forms the boundary between China (Heilongjiang province) and Russia (Siberia). The Ussuri is formed by the confluence of the Sungacha (Song’acha) River, the outlet of …

Near Leninskoye, Siberia, the Sungari, the Amur’s largest tributary, pours in its yellow, silt-laden waters, and near Khabarovsk it is joined by the Ussuri. With these additions to its waters, the lower Amur overflows widely over the flat, marshy ground of the valley below.

Nov 10, 1997 · Russia and China are working together to end their centuries-old border dispute, agreeing to the joint development of several islands on the Amur and Ussuri rivers, which divide the countries.

A Note on the Amur/Ussuri Sector of the Sino-Soviet Boundaries NEVILLE MAXWELL Oxford University Peking and Moscow agree that their eastern boundary lies on the Amur River and its tributary the Ussuri. What is in dispute is where precisely in those great navigable streams the actual line of division between Chinese and Soviet sovereignty lies.

The Ussuri or Wusuli is a river that runs through Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais, Russia and the southeast region of Northeast China. It rises in the Sikhote-Alin mountain range, flowing north and forming part of the Sino-Russian border, until it joins the Amur as a tributary to it near Khabarovsk.

The flagship species of the Ussuri Broadleaf and Mixed Forests ecoregion is the Amur tiger. This “Z” shaped ecoregion is formed by a zone of forest occupying the hills and slopes of several mountain ranges.

The Amur Cossack Host patrolled the borders along the Amur River and Ussuri River (in 1889, a separate Ussuri Cossack Host was created for patrolling the Ussuri). It also staffed the Amur-Ussuri flotilla (river squadron), created in 1897.