The Bureya () is a south-flowing, left tributary of the
Amur river
The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China, Northeastern China (Inne ...
in
Russia
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. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
Its name comes from the
Evenk word ''birija'', meaning river.
Course
The Bureya is formed from the junction of the Pravaya (right) Bureya and the Levaya (left) Bureya.
Geography
Its basin is bounded in the west by the
Turan Range
The Turan Range (russian: Хребет Тура̀на) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively it belongs partly to Amur Oblast and partly to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation. History
The range was forme ...
and the river
Zeya, to the south by the
Amur
The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China, Northeastern China (Inne ...
, to the east by the
Bureya Range
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, the rivers
Urmi and
Amgun
The Amgun () is a river in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia that flows northeast and joins the river Amur from the left, 146 km upstream from its outflow into sea. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Amgun is formed by the co ...
, and to the north by the
Ezop Range
The Ezop Range (russian: Хребет Эзоп) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively it belongs partly to Amur Oblast and partly to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation.
The range is part of the Ezop / ...
and several rivers that flow northeastwards into the
Sea of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk ( rus, Охо́тское мо́ре, Ohótskoye móre ; ja, オホーツク海, Ohōtsuku-kai) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands ...
.
There are no cities on the river, the largest settlements on the river are
Novy Urgal
Novy Urgal (russian: Но́вый Урга́л) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Verkhnebureinsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located in the valley of the Bureya River, close to its confluence with the Urgal River, abou ...
on the
Baikal Amur Mainline
Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...
and,
Novobureysky
Novobureysky (russian: Новобурейский) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Bureysky District of Amur Oblast, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental countr ...
and
Bureya, both on the
Trans-Siberian Railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the ea ...
. The
Tyrma is a left tributary that crosses the railway south from Novy Urgal at the town of Tyrma. The
Chegdomyn
Chegdomyn (russian: Чегдомын) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Verkhnebureinsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Population:
History
Chegdomyn was founded in 1939, with the beginning of blac ...
coal fields are north of Novy Urgal. The
Bureya hydro power plant holds back middle stream of the river and mitigates extremal surge events during summer rainy seasons. Currently, the project of
Lower Bureya hydro power plant is under preliminary investigations and preparatory works.
M58 highway (Russia)
The Russian route R297 or the Amur Highway (so named after the nearby Amur River) is a Russian federal highway, federal highway in Russia, part of the Trans-Siberian Highway. With a length of , it is the longest segment, from Chita, Zabaykalsky Kra ...
crosses it on a bridge.
Landslide in December 2018
The river was blocked by a landslide in December 2018 on a width of about 600 to 800 meters and a height of 80 to 160 meters.
[Russian Army preparing to blow up 'mountain' blocking Siberian river.](_blank)
/ref> Initial reports have speculated that the landslide was caused by a meteor impact.A large hill crashes into the Bureya River caused by 'a meteorite'
/ref> Meanwhile, however, an earthquake is considered as the most likely cause for the landslide. The blockade of the river might be removed by explosions or air raids of the Russian army. This, however, involves the risk of a torrent.
See also
*List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained into ...
References
External links
Бурея (река)
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya e ...
''Бурея'' в «Словаре современных географических названий»
Rivers of Amur Oblast
Rivers of Khabarovsk Krai
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