The
Ussuri River or
Wusuli River (Russian: река Уссури; ), runs through
Khabarovsk and
Primorsky Krais,
Russia, and the southeast region of
Northeast China. It rises in the
Sikhote-Alin mountain range, flowing north and forming part of the
Sino-Russian border (which is based on the Sino-Russian
Convention of Peking of 1860) until it joins the
Amur River as a tributary to it at
Khabarovsk . It is approximately long. The Ussuri River drains the Ussuri
basin, which covers . Its waters come from rain (60%), snow (30–35%) and subterranean
springs. The average discharge is and the average elevation is .