Tigrovaya Explained

Tigrovaya
Mouth:Partizanskaya
Mouth Coordinates:43.1676°N 133.2486°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Russia
Length:53km (33miles)
Basin Size:687km2

The Tigrovaya (Russian: Тигровая, means: "Tiger's river", formerly Сица Sitsa)[1] is a river in South part of Primorsky Krai, a right tributary of the Partizanskaya. Its length is 53km (33miles), and its drainage basin covers 687km2. The river rises in Livadiya Range (South Sikhote-Alin) and flows into the Partizanskaya.

A former name of the river is Sitsa or Xica, which means "western tributary" in Chinese. The name change occurred in 1972.

Notes and References

  1. https://rosreestr.ru/upload/Doc/21-upr/237%20%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8%D0%A1%D0%9D%D0%93.pdf Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ