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The Shilka is a river located in Zabaykalsky Krai, a region in southeastern Russia. It is significant as a major waterway in this remote part of Russia, contributing to the region's geography and water systems.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Russia
- Located in
- Zabaykalsky Krai
- Continent
- Asia
- Image
- За Байкалом. - panoramio.jpg
- Length
- 560
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- Commons category
- Shilka River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Amur River
- category for the water basin
- Category:Shilka Basin
- watershed area
- 206000
- discharge
- 550
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Encyclopedic overview
The S.S. AMUR on the Shilka River (c.1902) The Shilka (Russian: Ши́лка; Evenki: Силькари, Sil'kari; Buryat: Шилкэ, Shilke; Mongolian: Шилка, Shilka; Chinese: 石勒喀; pinyin: shílē kā) is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai, (Dauria) south-eastern Russia. It has a length of 560 km (350 mi), and has a drainage basin of 206,000 square kilometres (80,000 sq mi).
The name derives from Evenki shilki 'narrow valley.'
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shilka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.