The Gur (russian: Гур) is a river in
Khabarovsk Krai,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
. It is the 9th longest tributary of the
Amur
The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China ( Inner Manchuria). The Amur proper is long, ...
, with a length of
[ and a drainage basin area of .][Water of Russia - Гур]
/ref> The river was known as "Khungari" (Хунгари) until the 1972 Renaming of geographical sites in the Russian Far East.[Переименована Указом Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 26 декабря 1972 г. и Постановлением Совета Министров РСФСР № 753 от 29 декабря 1972 г. ''(Renamed by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of December 26, 1972 and the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR No. 753 of December 29, 1972.)'']
The town of Gurskoe, as well as the villages of Kenai, Uktur and Snezhny are located by the river. Gold mining
Gold mining is the extraction of gold resources by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning. However, with the expansion of gold mining to ores that are not on the surface, ...
is being developed in the river basin.[
The Gur Swamps (russian: Гурское болото) are an important ]wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The p ...
area located on the right bank of the river in the Nanaysky District
Nanaysky District (russian: Нана́йский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #143-pr and municipalLaw #194 district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. The area of the district is . Its administrative center ...
.[Water of Russia - Гурское болото]
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Course
The Gur is a right tributary
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of the Amur. It has its sources in the slopes of the Sikhote-Alin and about two thirds of the river basin is located within the northwestern part of this mountain range. In its upper course the Gur heads roughly northwards its riverbed is largely undivided. Further downstream it bends and flows roughly towards the west. Leaving the mountains it flows in its last stretch meandering across the mainly swampy Middle Amur Lowland.[
Finally the Gur joins the Amur split in several branches from its mouth. The confluence is to the south of Komsomolsk-on-Amur.][ Google Earth]
The main tributaries of the Gur are the long Uktur on the right, and the long Jaur, the long Hoso and the long Chermal on the left.[
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Fauna
There are important fisheries in the Gur. Salmon
Salmon () is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the family Salmonidae, which are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus ''Salmo'') and North Pacific (genus '' Oncorhy ...
species, including chum salmon and pink salmon
Pink salmon or humpback salmon (''Oncorhynchus gorbuscha'') is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family. It is the smallest and most abundant of the Pacific salmon. The scientific species name is based on the Russian common name for ...
, enter the river for spawning. In the summer the lower course of the Gur is a feeding ground for whitefish, Siberian roach, rudd
''Scardinius'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae commonly called rudds. Locally, the name "rudd" without any further qualifiers is also used for individual species, particularly the common rudd (''S. erythrophthalmus''). Th ...
, carp and catfish
Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive ...
.[
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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 drain ...
References
External links
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Rivers of Khabarovsk Krai