The Selemdzha () is a
river
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in the
Amur Region
Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrativ ...
of
Russia
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. It is the biggest, left
tributary
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of the
Zeya. The length of the river is 647 km. The area of its basin 68,600 km².
Russian State Water Register - Река СЕЛЕМДЖА
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Course
The Selemdzha has its source where three mountain ranges meet the Bureya Range
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, the Dusse-Alin
The Dusse-Alin (russian: Дуссе-Алинь) is a mountain range in Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Far East.Google Earth
Although it is named after this range, the Dusse-Alin Tunnel of the Baikal–Amur Mainline is located about to the southwest.
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from the south, 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 / ...
from the west and the Yam-Alin
The Yam-Alin (russian: Ям-Алинь) is a mountain range in Amur Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Far East.Google Earth
The range is part of the Ezop/Yam-Alin volcanic zone.
History
The range is located in a remote area and was unexplored ...
from the north, and flows first northwest with the Selemdzha Range
The Selemdzha Range (russian: Селемджинский хребет) is a range of mountains in the Russian Far East. Administratively it belongs partly to Amur Oblast and partly to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation.
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to the north, and then westwards across the Zeya-Bureya Plain.[Селемджа](_blank)
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: (in 30 vols.) / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. The Baikal–Amur Mainline
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crosses the river just west of Fevralsk
Fevralsk (russian: Февра́льск) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Selemdzhinsky District of Amur Oblast, Russia, located between the Selemdzha River and its tributary the Byssa, about northeast of Blagoveshchensk, the oblast' ...
and reaches the Zeya north of the Trans-Siberian Railway
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and Blagoveshchensk
Blagoveshchensk ( rus, Благове́щенск, p=bləgɐˈvʲeɕːɪnsk, meaning ''City of the Annunciation'') is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. It is located at the confluence of the Amur and the Zeya Rivers, opp ...
.
Its main tributaries are the Ulma and Byssa
Byssa (russian: Бысса) is a rural locality (a selo) in Norsky Selsoviet of Selemdzhinsky District, Amur Oblast, Russia. The population was 39 as of 2018.
Geography
Byssa is located on the left bank of the Selemdzha
The Selemdzha () is a ...
on the left, as well as the Nora
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and Orlovka (Mamyn)
The Orlovka (russian: Орловка), also known as Mamyn (russian: Мамын), is a river in Mazanovsky District, Amur Oblast, Russia. It is the 4th longest tributary of the Selemdzha after the Byssa, with a length of and the second in dra ...
on the right. The Selemdzha freezes up in early November and stays under the ice until early May.
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
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Rivers of Amur Oblast
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