The Shilka (;
Evenki: Силькари, Sil'kari; bua, Шилкэ, ''Shilke''; mn, Шилка, ''Shilka''; zh, 石勒喀) is a river in
Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj kraj, lit. " Transbaikal krai"; bua, Yбэр Байгалай хизаар, Uber Baigalai Xizaar) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai ...
, (Dauria) south-eastern
Russia
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. It has a length of , and has a drainage basin of .
[Шилка (река)]
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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The name derives from
Evenki ''shilki'' 'narrow valley.'
[E.M. Pospelov, ''Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira'' (Moscow: Russkie slovari, 1998), p. 473.]
Course
It originates as the
confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...
of the rivers
Onon and
Ingoda. Its confluence with the
Argun Argun may refer to:
* Argun (surname)
* Argun, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
*Argun Urban Okrug, a municipal formation which the town of republic significance of Argun in the Chechen Republic, Russia is incorporated as
* Argun, ...
on the Russia-
China
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border gives rise to 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 ...
. The river is navigable for its entire length. The town
Sretensk lies on the Shilka.
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Tributaries
The largest tributaries of the Shilka are, from source to mouth:Nercha
The Nercha ( rus, Нерча, bua, Нэршүү, ''Nershüü''; mn, Нэрчүү, ''Nerchüü'') is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia, left tributary of the Shilka (Amur
The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang ...
(left)
* Kuenga (left)
* Chacha (left)
* Kara (left)
* Chyornaya (left)
See also
* Selenga Highlands
*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 draine ...
References
Rivers of Zabaykalsky Krai
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