page_title: Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: The Amur (Heilongjiang) and Ussuri (Wusuli) Rivers near their confluence. Looking roughly north-north-west. The Ussuri runs from the left to the right in the lower part of the photo; the Amur runs from the upper left to center right. Between the two big rivers are, from the left to the right, the Chinese mainland (Fuyuan County; left); the Yinlong Island (Tarabarov Island; a small island near the Amur); the Bolshoy Ussuriysky (Heixiazi) Island (runs from the center of the picture to the right edge of the frame). The new China-Russia border across the Bolshoy Ussuriysky (Heixiazi) Island runs roughly through the center of the picture. It apparently is visible on the photo as a diagonal line - I assume there is a clearing through the vegetation, and some kind of a road for the border patrol to walk on.
context_page_description: Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island, or Heixiazi Island, is a sedimentary island at the confluence of the Ussuri and Amur rivers. It is divided between the People's Republic of China and Russia. It has an area of about 327 to 350 km² and is bounded closely by Yinlong Island, and over ninety islets. Its position at the confluence of the Amur and the Ussuri and right next to the major Russian city of Khabarovsk, has given it great strategic importance.
context_section_description: The total area of these territories in the Khabarovsk region is approximately 340 square kilometres. The two sections make up less than two per cent of the China–Russia border, which stretches to some 4,300 kilometres and is one of the longest land frontiers on the planet.
  The Chinese section of the island is part of Fuyuan, Heilongjiang. The Russian section is part of Khabarovsky District of Khabarovsk Krai.
caption: The Yinlong (Tarabarov Island) (just above the center of the picture) and the Bolshoy Ussuriysky (Heixiazi) Island (runs from the center of the picture to the right edge of the frame). The international border apparently is visible in the picture as a diagonal line (compare to its display on Google Maps).
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