Schilka (river)
Shilka Шилка |
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Location of the Schilka (English Shilka) in the catchment area of the Amur |
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Water code | RU : 20030100412118100003474 | |
location | Transbaikalia Region ( Russia ) | |
River system | Amur | |
Drain over | Amur → Tatar Sound | |
Confluence of |
Ingoda and Onon 51 ° 42 ′ 21 " N , 115 ° 50 ′ 40" E |
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Association with |
Argun zum Amur Coordinates: 53 ° 19 ′ 58 " N , 121 ° 28 ′ 49" E 53 ° 19 ′ 58 " N , 121 ° 28 ′ 49" E
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length | 560 km | |
Catchment area | 206,000 km² | |
Drainage location: 149 km above the mouth |
MQ |
521 m³ / s |
Left tributaries | Nercha , Kuenga , Tschornaja | |
Small towns | Schilka , Nerchinsk , Sretensk | |
Catchment area of the Shilka (Шилка) |
The Schilka ( Russian Шилка ) is the 555 km long left or northern source river of the Amur in Russian Eastern Siberia .
The river , on which the city of the same name Schilka lies, was created in Russia from the union of Ingoda and Onon and is navigable from Nerchinsk . It heads for the Russian-Chinese border and joins the Argun (Ergun) to the Amur (Heilong Jiang) around 65 km west of the Chinese Xilinji , the capital of the Mohe district . Larger tributaries are the Nertscha , Kuenga, and Tschornaja , all from the left.
Larger places on the Shilka are: Sretensk and Nerchinsk in Russia.