The Gorin (russian: Горин), also known as "Goryun" and "Garin", is a river in
Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai ( rus, Хабаровский край, r=Khabarovsky kray, p=xɐˈbarəfskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Russian Far East and is a part of the Far Eastern Federal District ...
,
Russia
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. It is the 8th longest tributary of 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 ...
, with a length of
[ and a drainage basin area of .][Water of Russia - Горин]
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It flows across the Solnechny and Komsomolsky districts. Over 80% of the river basin is covered by forests. The Komsomolsk Nature Reserve
Komsomolsk Nature Reserve (russian: Комсомольский заповедник) (also Komsomolsky) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict ecological reserve), encompassing the confluence of the Gorin River and the Amur River in the Russian Far Ea ...
, a protected area
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, is in its lower course, in the area of its confluence with the Amur.
Course
The Gorin is a left tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
of the Amur. It has its sources in the northwestern slope of the Dayana Range
Dayana is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Dayana (pronunciation d̪ ɪ ɑ ɴ ɑ, Language Hebrew, the Judge) variant of the given name Diana
* Dayana Cadeau (born 1966), Haitian-born Canadian American professi ...
, part of the Badzhal mountain system, about to the west of Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Komsomolsk-on-Amur ( rus, Комсомольск-на-Амуре, r=Komsomolsk-na-Amure, p=kəmsɐˈmolʲsk nɐɐˈmurʲə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the west bank of the Amur Rive ...
. In its upper course the river flows roughly in an ENE direction within a narrow valley and towards its middle reaches the valley expands to a width between and . The lower course is very swampy and the river forms wide meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank ...
s. Finally it meets the Amur from its mouth.Google Earth
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Evoron
Lake Evoron () is a large freshwater lake in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the Gorin river basin, part of the Amur basin.
It has an area of 194 square kilometres, and is 30 km long and 12 km wide. Its average depth is about ...
. The river freezes between mid-November and the end of April or the beginning of May.[
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Fauna
The river is an important spawning ground for Pacific salmon, chum salmon
The chum salmon (''Oncorhynchus keta''), also known as dog salmon or keta salmon, is a species of anadromous salmonid fish from the genus '' Oncorhynchus'' (Pacific salmon) native to the coastal rivers of the North Pacific and the Beringian A ...
and pink salmon. Lenok and grayling
Grayling or Greyling may refer to:
Animals Fish
* Grayling, generically, any fish of the genus ''Thymallus'' in the family Salmonidae
** European grayling (''Thymallus thymallus''), the European species of the genus ''Thymallus''
** Arctic grayli ...
are also abundant in its waters.[
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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
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Rivers of Khabarovsk Krai