Selemdzha
Selemdzha is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 52.80°, 131.76°
About Selemdzha
The Selemdzha (Russian: Селемджа) is a river in the Amur Region of Russia. It is the biggest, left tributary of the Zeya. The length of the river is 647 kilometres or 402 miles, and the area of its basin 68,600 square kilometres or 26,500 square miles.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Selemdzha (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Selemdzha in Depth
Course
The Selemdzha has its source where three mountain ranges meet the Bureya Range, the Dusse-Alin from the south, the Ezop Range from the west and the Yam-Alin from the north, and flows first northwest with the Selemdzha Range to the north, and then westwards across the Zeya-Bureya Plain. The Baikal–Amur Mainline crosses the river just west of Fevralsk and reaches the Zeya north of the Trans-Siberian Railway and Blagoveshchensk.
Its main tributaries are the Ulma and Byssa on the left, as well as the Nora and Orlovka (Mamyn) on the right. The Selemdzha freezes up in early November and stays under the ice until early May.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Selemdzha (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Selemdzha: Key Facts
| Length | 647 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 707 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 68,600 km² |
| Mouth | Zeya |
| Drainage system | Amur basin |
| Tributaries | Nora, Semertak, Unerikan, Al'dikon, Orlovka, Selitkan, Ulma, Byssa River |
Facts from Wikidata Q1138427 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Selemdzha: Quick Answers
- Where is Selemdzha?
- Selemdzha is located in Russia, at 52.8033° N, 131.7566° E.
- Are there dams on the Selemdzha?
- No dam on the Selemdzha is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.