Samarga River

Also known as Samarga

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.

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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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Image: Устье Самарги.jpg
Length: 218

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watershed area: 7760

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Location
Tributaries and watershed
Fish
Ecosystem
Resources and economy
References

==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