Kontrovod River
Encyclopedia
Kontrovod River is a river
in Primorsky Krai
.
It is 49 km in length. It rose in Strelnikov Range of Sikhote-Alin
. Its riverbed
changes in few month because of rain
s. Sometimes Kontrovod flows into Bikin River
, sometimes into Ussuri River
.
Luchegorsk
was founded on banks of river.
There is a electric power station's reservoir
on a river in Luchegorsk.
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
in Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai , informally known as Primorye , is a federal subject of Russia . Primorsky means "maritime" in Russian, hence the region is sometimes referred to as Maritime Province or Maritime Territory. Its administrative center is in the city of Vladivostok...
.
It is 49 km in length. It rose in Strelnikov Range of Sikhote-Alin
Sikhote-Alin
The Sikhote-Alin is a mountain range in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais, Russia, extending about 900 km to the northeast of the Russian Pacific seaport of Vladivostok...
. Its riverbed
Riverbed
Riverbed may refer to:*Stream bed, the channel bottom of a stream or river or creek*Wadi, a dry riverbed that contains water only during times of heavy rain*Riverbed Technology, an American technology company...
changes in few month because of rain
Rain
Rain is liquid precipitation, as opposed to non-liquid kinds of precipitation such as snow, hail and sleet. Rain requires the presence of a thick layer of the atmosphere to have temperatures above the melting point of water near and above the Earth's surface...
s. Sometimes Kontrovod flows into Bikin River
Bikin River
Bikin is a river in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Ussuri River, and is 560 km long, with a drainage basin of 22 300 km².Main tributaries are the Alchan, Bachelaza and Zeva Rivers....
, sometimes into Ussuri River
Ussuri River
The Usuri ula is a river in the south of the Outer Manchuria and east of Inner Manchuria . It rises in the Sikhote-Alin range, flowing north, forming part of the Sino-Russian border based on the Sino-Russian Convention of Peking in 1860, until it joins the Amur River at Khabarovsk . It is...
.
Luchegorsk
Luchegorsk
Luchegorsk is an urban locality and the administrative center of Pozharsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: It was founded in 1966 on a bank of Kontrovod River....
was founded on banks of river.
There is a electric power station's reservoir
Reservoir
A reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...
on a river in Luchegorsk.