River mouth Ussuri Bay
0 m (0 ft) Length 59 km Mouth Ussuri Bay | Basin size 714 km (276 sq mi) Source Sikhote-Alin Country Russia | |
Main source South Sikhote-Alin
760 m (2,490 ft) | ||
The Shkotovka River (Russian: река Шкотовка) is a river in Primorsky Krai, Russia.
Map of r. Shkotovka, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
It is 59 kilometers (37 mi) long, with the drainage basin area of 714 square kilometers (276 sq mi). It rises in the south of the Sikhote-Alin range (Bolshoy Vorobey Range) and flows into the Ussuri Bay of the Sea of Japan near the urban-type settlement of Shkotovo.
It was named after Nikolay Shkot in 1972. The former name of river was Kimukhe (Qimu River).
The localities of Shkotovo, Novorossiya, Tsentralnoye, and Novaya Moskva stand on the river's bank.
References
Shkotovka River Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA