Samarga River
Sign in to saveThe Samarga () is the northernmost river in the Primorsky Krai territory in the far eastern part of Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of , making it the largest coastal river in the northern Sikhote-Alin mountain range. It flows into the Sea of Japan. The river system is a unique and relatively untouched centre of biodiversity in the Eastern Sikhote–Alin mountains because it is in a remote and mountainous region.
Key facts
- River.name
- Samarga
- River.mouth
- Sea of Japan
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Russia
- River.length_km
- 218
- River.basin_size_km2
- 7760
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- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Primorsky Krai
- Continent
- Asia
- Image
- Устье Самарги.jpg
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The Samarga () is the northernmost river in the Primorsky Krai territory in the far eastern part of Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of , making it the largest coastal river in the northern Sikhote-Alin mountain range. It flows into the Sea of Japan. The river system is a unique and relatively untouched centre of biodiversity in the Eastern Sikhote–Alin mountains because it is in a remote and mountainous region.
==Location== The river is located in the northeast Primorsky territory of Russia. The northern and western boundaries of the river's watershed form the border between Primorsky territory and Khabarovsk territory. It confluences into the Sea of Japan at Samarga, a small town on the coast of the sea. In the estuary on the sea side, there is a kind of blind creek named the "Samrga duct" which extends for about . The tributary of the South in the Vepsky language is a river, because of the war with China, they changed their name, thinking the name is Chinese