Tugur (river)

{{Infobox river

| name = Tugur

| native_name ={{native name|ru|Тугур}}

| image =

| image_caption =

| source1 = Confluence of rivers Assyni and Konin

| mouth = Sea of Okhotsk

| mouth_location = Tugur Bay

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Russia

| length = {{convert|175|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| source1_elevation =

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|53|4|21|N|136|1|50|E}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|53|45|40|N|136|46|56|E|display=inline,title}}

| tributaries_left =

| tributaries_right =

| discharge1_avg =

| basin_size ={{convert|11900|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}

| extra =

| pushpin_map = Russia Khabarovsk Krai

| pushpin_map_size =

| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

}}

The Tugur ({{Langx|ru|Тугур}}) is a river in the Tuguro-Chumikansky District of Khabarovsk Krai, in the Russian Far East. It is {{convert|175|km}} long, and has a drainage basin of {{convert|11900|km2}}.{{GVR|296246|Река Тугур}}

Geography

The river originates at the confluence of the rivers Assyni (Ассыни) and Konin.

It flows into a 30 km wide swampy area before ending in the Tugur Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk.[http://www.adm.khv.ru/invest2.nsf/pages/common/tugur_ru.htm Река Тугур] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605030002/http://www.adm.khv.ru/invest2.nsf/pages/common/tugur_ru.htm |date=2008-06-05 }}

Ecology

The Tugur is a good place for fishing, with species such as grayling, lenok, Siberian salmon, and northern pike being abundant in its waters and many species spawning in the river.[http://www.sportfish.ru/tsp.asp?vm=1&lm=56&rm=12&fh=0 Рыбалка на реке Тугур] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605143817/http://www.sportfish.ru/tsp.asp?vm=1&lm=56&rm=12&fh=0 |date=2008-06-05 }}, Fishing on the Tugur River There is also a great variety of wildlife on its banks, with brown bears, Manchurian wapiti, wolves, and otters. Among the birds the golden eagle, osprey, mergansers, and geese deserve mention.

See also

References

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