Raichikha is a river in the Amur Region . The length of the river is 97 [2] km, the catchment area is 760 [2] km², and the width is 10-60 m.
| Raichikha | |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 97 km |
| Pool | 760 km² |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Location | east Kupriyanovka |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Amur |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Cupid → Sea of Okhotsk |
| A country |
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| Region | Amur region |
| HWR code | |
 - source  - mouth | |
The course is fast, the bottom is rocky. The river valley is prone to severe flooding . The right bank is more gentle, the left one is mountainous and steep. The soils of the Raichikha Valley are mainly loamy black earth . The river flows into the Amur . [3]
Taimen , lenok , pike and whitefish live in the river. The banks are covered mainly with coniferous forests . In the river valley near settlements, agriculture is developed.
Brown coal deposits were found along the river bed, thanks to which the village of Raichikha was formed, which later became the city of Raichikhinsky .
Title
There are at least three versions of the origin of hydronym. In the dictionary of A. V. Kirillov, it is indicated that the river received the name by the name of the lower military rank drowned in it - Raev. According to the second version, the hydronym went from the Decembrist Raikov, who lived nearby. The third version involves the merger of the words "paradise" and the older name "Chikhinka" thanks to the Cossack settlers. [four]
Notes
- ↑ Surface Water Resources of the USSR: Hydrological Understanding. T. 18. The Far East. Vol. 1. Cupid / ed. S. D. Shabalina. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1966 .-- 487 p.
- ↑ 1 2 State Water Register . Raichikha . textual.ru . Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia (March 29, 2009). Date of treatment December 20, 2018. Archived March 29, 2009.
- ↑ Raichikha // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Raichikhinsk began with Zelvino ...