Nercha

{{Infobox river | name = Nercha | image = Nercha.jpg | image_caption = | map = Shilka.png | map_caption = Shilka basin, including Nercha | source1 = Olyokma-Stanovik | source1_elevation = | mouth = Shilka | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|51.9169|N|116.6411|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:RU|display=it}} | progression = {{RShilka}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Russia | length = {{convert|580|km|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = {{convert|27,500|km2|abbr=on}} }} {{Chinese |p=Níbùchǔ hé |c=尼布楚河 |mnc=25px<br>''Nibcu bira'' |rus=Нерча}}

The '''Nercha''' ({{langx|ru|Нерча}}, {{langx|bua|Нэршүү}}, ''Nershüü''; {{langx|mn|Нэрчүү}}, ''Nerchüü'') is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia, left tributary of the Shilka<ref>{{cite book | title=China Journal | publisher=China society of science and arts | issue=v. 1, nos. 4-6 | year=1923 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BxXuAAAAMAAJ | access-date=June 8, 2019 | page=516}}</ref> (Amur's basin). The length of the river is {{convert|580|km|mi}}. The area of its basin is {{convert|27,500|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name=gvr>{{GVR|288081|Река Нерча}}</ref> The Nercha freezes up in October and stays icebound until late April – early May. The town of Nerchinsk is located on the Nercha,{{efn|"Not until 1656 did Filippovich Pashkov, the voevoda of Yeneiseisk , found Nerchinsk at the mouth of the Nercha River..."<ref>{{cite book | last=Fu | first=L. | title=A Documentary Chronicle of Sino-Western Relations, 1644-1820: Documentation and reference | publisher=Published for the Association for Asian Studies by the University of Arizona Press | series=A Documentary Chronicle of Sino-Western Relations, 1644-1820 | year=1966 | url=https://archive.org/details/documentarychron00fulo | url-access=registration | access-date=June 8, 2019 | page=482}}</ref>}} {{convert|7|km|mi|0}} from its confluence with the Shilka.

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