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Shilka

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Shilka (shēl`kə), river, c.345 mi (560 km) long, formed E of Chita, Chita oblast, SE Siberian Russia, by the confluence of the Onon and Ingoda rivers, both of which rise along the Mongolian-Russian border. It flows northeast past Shilka, Sretensk (head of navigation), and Ust-Karsk, joining the Argun River to form the Amur River on the Russia-China border.


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Large rivers (the Ingoda, the Onon, the Shilka, the Argun, and the Amur) freeze in October-November and open up in late April-May.
 
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