The Nercha (Russian: Нерча, Buryat: Нэршүү, Nershüü; Mongolian: Нэрчүү, Nerchüü) is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia, left tributary of the Shilka[1] (Amur's basin). The length of the river is 580 kilometres (360 mi). The area of its basin is 27,500 square kilometres (10,600 sq mi).[2] The Nercha freezes up in October and stays icebound until late April – early May. The town of Nerchinsk is located on the Nercha,[a] 7 kilometres (4 mi) from its confluence with the Shilka.

Notes

  1. ^ "Not until 1656 did Filippovich Pashkov, the voevoda of Yeneiseisk , found Nerchinsk at the mouth of the Nercha River..."[3]

References

  1. ^ China Journal. China society of science and arts. 1923. p. 516. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Река Нерча in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  3. ^ Fu, L. (1966). A Documentary Chronicle of Sino-Western Relations, 1644-1820: Documentation and reference. A Documentary Chronicle of Sino-Western Relations, 1644-1820. Published for the Association for Asian Studies by the University of Arizona Press. p. 482. Retrieved June 8, 2019.