Armu (river)

Armu
Location of mouth
Location
CountryRussia
RegionPrimorsky Krai
Physical characteristics
MouthBolshaya Ussurka
 • coordinates
45°45′47″N 135°28′02″E / 45.76306°N 135.46722°E / 45.76306; 135.46722
Length201 km (125 mi)
Basin size5,424 km2 (2,094 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionBolshaya UssurkaUssuriAmurSea of Okhotsk

The Armu (Russian: Арму) is a river in Primorsky Krai, in the Russian Far East.[1]: 2  It is a tributary of the Bolshaya Ussurka.[2]

It is 201 kilometres (125 mi) long. The river's drainage basin covers about 5,424 square kilometres (2,094 mi2). The longest tributary of the Armu is the Obilnaya, 101 kilometres (63 mi) long.

The river is a popular place of tourism and fishing. A brand of vodka has been named after it.

Notes

  1. ^ Atopkin, D. M.; Semenchenko, A. A.; Solodovnik, D. A.; Ivashko, Y. I. (January 2023). "A report on the complete mitochondrial genome of the trematode Azygia robusta Odhner, 1911, its new definitive host from the Russian Far East, and unexpected phylogeny of Azygiidae within Digenea, as inferred from mitogenome sequences". Journal of Helminthology. 97. doi:10.1017/S0022149X23000500. ISSN 0022-149X. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  2. ^ Shedko, Sergei V.; Miroshnichenko, Irina L.; Nemkova, Galina A. (2 January 2015). "Complete mitochondrial genome of the poorly known Amur sculpin Mesocottus haitej (Cottoidei: Cottidae)". Mitochondrial DNA. 26 (1): 147–148. doi:10.3109/19401736.2013.819496. ISSN 1940-1736. Retrieved 10 March 2026.