Muddy seaside river. Ilistaya River (Lefou)

Characteristic
Muddy

Length
Pool

Source
- Location	Przhevalsky ridge
- Height
- Coordinates
Estuary
- Coordinates

Country	Russia Russia
Region

K: Rivers in alphabetical order K: Water bodies in alphabetical order K: Rivers up to 500 km in length Ilistaya (river that flows into the Khanka)

Settlements in the river valley (from top to bottom):

Anuchinsky district: Tigrovy, in the upper reaches;
Mikhailovsky district: Otradnoye, Nikolaevka, Gorbatka, Ivanovka, Lyalichi;
Chernigov district: Orekhovo, Chalcedon, Altynovka, Vadimovka;
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An excerpt characterizing Ilistai (a river that flows into the Khanka)
- Well, one more card.
“Okay,” answered Dolokhov, having finished the summary, “good!” “It’s 21 rubles,” he said, pointing to the number 21, which equaled exactly 43 thousand, and taking the deck, he prepared to throw. Rostov obediently turned the corner and instead of the prepared 6,000, he carefully wrote 21.
“It doesn’t matter to me,” he said, “I’m only interested in knowing whether you’ll kill or give me this ten.”
Dolokhov began throwing seriously. Oh, how Rostov at that moment hated these hands, reddish with short fingers and with hair visible from under his shirt, which had him in their power... Ten was given.
“You have 43 thousand behind you, Count,” said Dolokhov and stood up from the table, stretching. “But you get tired of sitting for so long,” he said.
“Yes, I’m tired too,” said Rostov.
Dolokhov, as if reminding him that it was indecent for him to joke, interrupted him: When will you order the money, Count?
Rostov flushed and called Dolokhov into another room.
“I can’t suddenly pay everything, you’ll take the bill,” he said.
“Listen, Rostov,” said Dolokhov, smiling clearly and looking into Nikolai’s eyes, “you know the saying: “Happy in love, unhappy in cards.” Your cousin is in love with you. I know.
"ABOUT! it’s terrible to feel so in the power of this man,” thought Rostov. Rostov understood what blow he would deal to his father and mother by announcing this loss; he understood what happiness it would be to get rid of all this, and he understood that Dolokhov knew that he could save him from this shame and grief, and now he still wanted to play with him, like a cat with a mouse.
“Your cousin...” Dolokhov wanted to say; but Nikolai interrupted him.
“My cousin has nothing to do with it, and there is nothing to say about her!” - he shouted furiously.
- So when can I get it? – asked Dolokhov.
“Tomorrow,” said Rostov, and left the room.
It was not difficult to say “tomorrow” and maintain a tone of decency; but to come home alone, to see your sisters, brother, mother, father, to confess and ask for money to which you have no right after your word of honor was given.
We weren't sleeping at home yet. The youth of the Rostov house, having returned from the theater, having had dinner, sat at the clavichord. As soon as Nikolai entered the hall, he was overwhelmed by that loving, poetic atmosphere that reigned in their house that winter and which now, after Dolokhov’s proposal and Iogel’s ball, seemed to thicken even more, like the air before a thunderstorm, over Sonya and Natasha. Sonya and Natasha, in the blue dresses they wore at the theater, pretty and knowing it, happy, smiling, stood at the clavichord. Vera and Shinshin were playing chess in the living room. The old countess, waiting for her son and husband, was playing solitaire with an old noblewoman who lived in their house. Denisov, with shining eyes and tousled hair, sat with his leg thrown back at the clavichord, clapping them with his short fingers, striking chords, and rolling his eyes, in his small, hoarse but faithful voice, sang the poem he had composed, “The Sorceress,” to which he was trying to find music.

Lefu or Lefa is a Russified version of the Chinese name, which is what the residents of Primorye call this river. Having become a victim of the ideological struggle of the USSR with its Chinese comrades, in 1972 it was renamed Ilistaya. The name, as we see, never fully caught on.
Penetrating most of the Primorsky Territory, the river is divided into the Ilistaya 1 and Ilistaya 2 rivers (or, as local residents say, the first and second Lifa)
Ilistaya originates in the Sikhote-Alin mountains, or more precisely on the slopes of the Przhevalsky ridge.

Until the village of Chalcedon, it flows among mountains reaching 300-400 m above the level of the valley bottom. Then it goes out onto the Khanka Plain, flowing into Lake Khanka.
The mountains, composed of crystalline rocks, are covered with sandy loam or clayey soil. This part of the basin (mountainous) is covered with forest, which occupies 42% of the total area of the river. The flat part, on the contrary, is predominantly occupied by meadows on peat soils.
Flows in a northerly direction. The length of the river is 220 km, the basin area is 5,470 km.
This river flows into Lake Khanka and has large number fish different types. Carp, crucian carp, catfish, eel, skripal (killer whale), carp, perch, pipit, leopard - that’s far from full list fish (commercial) that can be caught in this river.
River bed The muddy road is quite winding. Its width ranges from 3-4 meters in the lower reaches to 50-70 in the upper reaches. The banks are steep or steep with a height of 1.0-3.5 m to 1.5-2.5 m.

The river is characterized by mixed nutrition - rain predominates, while underground is only 10-12%, snow - 10-15%.
The increase in runoff towards the mouth occurs evenly, although due to the tributaries - Osinovka and Abramovka - it sometimes increases significantly.
Highest levels floods occur in May. As a rule, pronounced spring floods are usually replaced by low water periods in June and July. It should be noted that in some years there are up to 5 floods along the river. Their average height is 2.5-2.8 meters.
During major floods, flooding occurs - most often in August and September. They also happen in April. Floods cause significant damage.
In early April, the river is free of ice, which becomes covered in mid-November.

Lefou
The ice covering Ilistaya is mostly flat, hummocky on the rifts. Freeze-up lasts approximately 130 days. Ice drift begins in early April and lasts about 5 days.
Here you can catch carp, crucian carp, pike, bream, catfish, snakehead, killer whale, skate and other types of fish.

In these places one of the most popular types active recreation In summer it is considered to be fishing with a float rod. They can fish both from the shore and from a boat. Bottom tackle is also popular, often catching crucian carp, skate, carp, and catfish. But undoubtedly the most exciting and exciting is fishing with a spinning rod. On various types Pike, skimmers, and, less commonly, snakeheads and yellow-cheeks are caught with bait.

Fishing on the Ilistaya River the following types fish:

Grayling. It can be caught by wire and fly fishing. Best time for fishing - from May to November;
Lenok. It is better to use spinning tackle (spinners, wobblers). Fishing is possible, in principle, all year round;
Kunja. Caught with oscillating spoons and wobblers;
Malma. Caught with spinners and wobblers. The best time is early summer and autumn;
Sima. Good for spinning and fly fishing;
Taimen. When fishing, spoons and wobblers are mainly used.
Pike. They are caught using spinning rods and lures. The most favorable period is from July to October.

Primorsky Krai is a subject of Russia located in the Asian part of the country (southeast). It is part of the Far Eastern District. The administrative center is Vladivostok.

The region covers an area of more than 164 thousand square meters. km, and the population (as of January 1, 2016) is 1 million 929 thousand people.

Rivers and lakes of the Primorsky Territory occupy a considerable part of its territory. They are of great economic importance for water supply and as spawning grounds for salmon fish.

Geography and relief of Primorye

Before we introduce the rivers of the Primorsky Territory, we will briefly consider the geography of these places. For the most part, due to the nature of its relief, the region is mountainous country. Only 1/5 of its territory is occupied by river valleys and low-lying intermountain depressions. The Ussuri-Khankayskaya (Prikhankayskaya Plain) is the largest lowland, occupying approximately 20% of the region’s area.

Approximately 4/5 of the territory is occupied by the ridges of the Sikhote-Alin mountain range, stretching from the northeastern part of the region to the southwest. It can be considered as a system of ridges parallel to the coast Sea of Japan. The highest peaks of the ridge: Anik (height 1933 meters), Cloud (height 1855 meters), High (height 1746 meters) and Snezhnaya (1684 m).

Rivers of Primorsky Krai: general information

In total, more than 6,000 rivers flow in Primorye, among which only 1,650 extend over distances of more than 10 kilometers, and 91 - 50 kilometers or more. Their total length in the region is approximately 180 thousand km.

The most large river in the Primorsky Territory of Russia - Ussuri.

A characteristic feature of the rivers in these places is their relatively short length. This is due to the fact that the watershed line runs along the Pacific coast.

Major watershed in the south Far East- Sikhote-Alin ridge. From its steep eastern slope the rivers flow into the Sea of Japan, from the western slope - into the river. Ussuri and Lake Khanka. From the slopes of the East Manchurian mountains, rivers flow into the lake. Khanka, into the Peter the Great Bay and into the Razdolnaya River.

Most rivers in their upper reaches are mountainous in nature. There are approximately 30 waterfalls, the most picturesque of which are Amginskie, Milogradovskie, Benevskie and Shkotovskie. The middle and lower reaches of the rivers have widened valleys with reduced slopes. Therefore, here they flow more calmly, forming loops and ducts. Mostly all rivers have rain power, and therefore they are characterized by large floods in July-August (typhoon period). They become especially catastrophic in the Ussuri River basin.

By their nature and the landscapes of their banks, the rivers of the Primorsky Territory are quite interesting and attractive for tourists.

Description of hydrological areas

There are 5 districts throughout the entire territory:

Central Sikhote-Alin includes the upper and middle reaches of the following rivers: Bolshaya Ussurka, Khor and Bikin. This also includes the basins of their largest tributaries. These rivers are distinguished by their abundance of water.

The upper reaches of the Western Sikhote-Alin include

As part of the East Sikhote-Alin region, the rivers of the Sea of Japan basin are northeast of the mouth of the Zerkalnaya River.

In the South Primorsky region there are rivers of the basin located south of the Zerkalnaya River, reservoirs of the Gulf of P. Velikogo, some rivers of the lake basin. Khanka, as well as the middle and upper reaches of the river. Commissions.

In the Western Primorsky region there are the basins of the rivers Ilistaya, Melgunovka, Belaya, Spasovka, Ussuri (middle current), Bolshaya Ussurka (lower current). Only Sungach flows out of the lake. Khanka carries its waters into the river. Ussuri. The rivers of the Primorsky Territory in this area are relatively shallow, and many of them dry up in the summer and freeze in the winter.

Nature of the region

The vegetation and animals of the Primorsky Territory are extremely unique. This is due to geographical location this area, difficult terrain and unique climate. There are about 3,000 species here alone higher plants. famous for its natural wealth, extends over more than 2/3 of the entire territory of the region.

The magnificent, fabulous nature attracts numerous tourists and travelers here. Fishermen also loved these regions. Many lovers of a rich catch dream of visiting the rivers of the Primorsky Territory.

Fishing

The rivers of Primorye are distinguished not only by their picturesqueness.

Fishing on the rivers of the Primorsky Territory - the main and favorite activity local residents and many visitors.

Particularly attractive here for fishing taiga rivers Zeva, Ant and Bikin. You can catch chum salmon, pink salmon and salmon there.

Ussuri is also distinguished by its diversity of river living creatures. In these parts, the most popular fishing is for grayling, taimen, crucian carp, lenok, carp, catfish and silver carp.

Kema, flowing into the White Sea - also favorite place amateur fishermen. All conditions are provided for them here. comfortable rest. This river is inhabited by salmon, trout, char, etc.

Conclusion

Not only the rivers of the Primorsky Territory are the natural attractions of these amazingly beautiful places.

It should be noted that the territory of Primorye is rich in other unique natural monuments: karst caves, extinct volcanoes, lotus lakes, etc. There are also cozy bays with beautiful beaches, mineral springs, healing mud, as well as the waters of the Sea of Japan. All this creates excellent conditions for human health and relaxation.

The enormous wealth of flora and fauna of Primorye, the uniqueness of the stunning landscapes have brought these places world fame.

The Lefou River, in the local dialect - Lefa, (now “Ilistaya”) carries its waters into Lake Khanka, flowing 9 kilometers from the village of Yaroslavsky, if you go along the road to the Manzovka station (now “Sibirtsevo”).
We came to the left bank of the Lefa to fish with Nikolai Volkov in August 1954. We got there on an IZH-49 motorcycle, driven by Nikolai Ivanovich. It was in the evening, after work. That's why we fished at night. The gear is ordinary, nothing poaching. Snacks and supplies. Spinning rods were not yet known in our area back then. Or I didn't know!

Having arrived at the place, they caught live bait - breams - using bread tied to a piece of gauze, and set up stands along the shore. We threw in a few odds and ends.
Now you can have a snack - there was no time to do this at home! We had just finished eating when we heard what sounded like thunder. It's definitely thundering! Thunder! A thunderstorm is starting!
We don't have raincoats! What to do?! Nikolai Ivanovich commands: “Strip naked, put your clothes under an overturned bucket and into the river!”
Just undress, it started pouring! We are both in Lefe, the rain is pouring into our fingers! The water in the river is warm - August!
The storm passed soon. We got out of the river and put on dry clothes. Beauty! The night is ahead! What if you got wet?! What would it be like at night?! Well done Nikolai Ivanovich! I wouldn't have thought of this before! Then he told me that this is how they always escaped from heavy rain, when we were on expeditions to the “field”. Experience is a great thing!

Two hours passed since the gear was installed. It's getting dark and it's time to go check to see if anything has been caught. Let's go check the supplies. There's already a catch!
We filmed two catfish and three killer whales. Not bad! We updated the bait and returned to the motorcycle. They sat down on a snag sticking out of the sand and began to talk quietly, passing the time.
A splash of water was heard, Nikolai Ivanovich turned on the motorcycle headlight and directed the beam along the shore to where our supplies stood. We saw the water boiling near the shore not far from us. I ran up and took a large catfish off the hook.
Our spirits were rising. We stopped talking and started listening. But soon they began to doze off - they had a working day behind them. Our state could not be called sleep.

We were just taking a nap. Our eyelids did not stick together for long, but immediately we woke up again to close them again. Our sitting on the log in an awkward position did not allow us to sleep! Mosquitoes also help you stay awake! Well, after all, we didn’t come to the river bank to sleep?!
Hearing the splash of water again, we jumped up and rushed to check the gear. There's fish! Another catfish was added on the kukan. Joyful! As soon as we sat down, we heard a splash again. The check showed that we were unlucky this time. No catch, no delivery! It must have been a big fish! There's nothing you can do - this is fishing, not a market!
Remember from Zhvanetsky: “Large ones - five each, but yesterday!” And we have a big one, but it was!
And we didn’t know Mikhail Zhvanetsky then. Arkady Raikin read works written by Zhvanetsky, but he did not tell the audience about Zhvanetsky. That's how things are! But yesterday!

By morning there were already a lot of fish on the kukan, and we, happy, began to get ready to go home. They began to discuss where it would be better to put the catch - in a bucket or in a backpack. There were a lot of fish on the kukan and it seemed to us that all the fish couldn’t fit in the bucket, and it seemed a pity to get the backpack dirty, and it would leak from the backpack! What a dilemma!
Deciding that we would put the catch in our backpack after all, we turned to the stake with the kukan sticking out in the sand.
There was no stake there! Where's the stake?! And the fish?! We rushed along the shore, not understanding where our catch had disappeared?!
Oh Gods! This means our fish are gone! “Such” verbal eruption began, which I had never heard from Nikolai Ivanovich before!
Our condition immediately became “zero”! Moreover, instantly! The joy of a good catch and, suddenly, collapse!

They began to find out how this could happen, and they understood. All night long the stake was tugged at by the fish and, stuck in the sand, it swayed, and, in the end, the fish pulled it out.
When we got ready to pick up our catch and were choosing between a bucket and a backpack, a stake with a kukan had long since floated down the river, carrying away our fish!
All! Everything is gone! The fish will also disappear on the kukan! What a pity! Here's the situation!
And what will we tell you at home?! After all, they will ask about fish.
And then Nikolai Ivanovich says: “Stop grieving, collect your gear, and let’s go!” I know a couple of small lakes, let's try our fishing luck there! It’s not far from here, just off the highway!”

We got ready quickly and were soon on the shore of the lake. The shores of the lake are heavily overgrown with large cattails. This is the correct name for the plant, which is usually called “reed”.
This cattail has a bulb at the end of the trunk brown. But we're not talking about reeds!
What reed?! Cats scratch my soul! We need to act! We need long fishing rods, we don’t have our own fishing rods.

We cut long rods from willow (vine) and made fishing rods. We tied the fishing line, attached floats and sinkers. The fishing rods are ready. We had nothing for bait other than bread.
We decided to catch! I cast my fishing rod, and as soon as the float leveled out on the surface of the lake, it immediately disappeared under the water! I hooked and fished it out! Crucian carp! Yes, so big that I didn’t even believe it was a crucian carp!
And so it began! As soon as you throw it, you immediately pull it! Like in a fairy tale!
Together with Nikolai Ivanovich, we caught forty-two crucian carp and three large minnows. The crucian carp were “one to one”, as if ordered!

This is how we “distinguished ourselves” after the “failure” on Lefe.
Our mood “fell into place” again. We returned home joyfully, and then told our family about the fishing trip in every detail! But they didn’t believe.
Anything can happen when fishing!

Reviews

I can imagine how upset you were... Well written - fun and with humor (it was not for nothing that Zhvanetsky was remembered)... And I read your story, Eduard Vasilyevich, and imagined the places that you mention in the story: I pass the Ilistaya River and Sibirtsevo when I go to Vladivostok from Chernigovka; to the island. Khanka, my family and I lived in Kamen-Rybolovo for five whole years... It’s a small world...

Lefu or Lefa is a Russified version of the Chinese name, which is what the residents of Primorye call this river. Having become a victim of the ideological struggle of the USSR with its Chinese comrades, in 1972 it was renamed Ilistaya. The name, as we see, never fully caught on.
Penetrating most of the Primorsky Territory, the river is divided into the Ilistaya 1 and Ilistaya 2 rivers (or, as local residents say, the first and second Lifa)
Ilistaya originates in the mountains, or more precisely on the slopes of the Przhevalsky ridge.

Until the village of Chalcedon, it flows among mountains reaching 300-400 m above the level of the valley bottom. Then it goes out onto the Khanka Plain, flowing into.
The mountains, composed of crystalline rocks, are covered with sandy loam or clayey soil. This part of the basin (mountainous) is covered with forest, which occupies 42% of the total area of the river. The flat part, on the contrary, is predominantly occupied by meadows on peat soils.
Flows in a northerly direction. The length of the river is 220 km, the basin area is 5,470 km.
This river flows into Lake Khanka and has a large number of fish of different types. , skripal (killer whale), perch, pipit, topgazer - this is not a complete list of fish (commercial) that can be caught in this river.
River bed The muddy road is quite winding. Its width ranges from 3-4 meters in the lower reaches to 50-70 in the upper reaches. The banks are steep or steep with a height of 1.0-3.5 m to 1.5-2.5 m.

The river is characterized by mixed nutrition - rain predominates, while underground is only 10-12%, snow - 10-15%.
The increase in runoff towards the mouth occurs evenly, although due to the tributaries - Osinovka and Abramovka - it sometimes increases significantly.
The highest flood levels are observed in May. As a rule, pronounced spring floods are usually replaced by low water periods in June and July. It should be noted that in some years there are up to 5 floods along the river. Their average height is 2.5-2.8 meters.
During major floods, flooding occurs - most often in August and September. They also happen in April. Floods cause significant damage.
In early April, the river is free of ice, which becomes covered in mid-November.

The ice covering Ilistaya is mostly flat, hummocky on the rifts. Freeze-up lasts approximately 130 days. Ice drift begins in early April and lasts about 5 days.
Here you can catch carp, crucian carp, pike, bream, catfish, snakehead, killer whale, skate and other types of fish.

In these places, one of the most popular summer activities is fishing with a float rod. They can fish both from the shore and from a boat. Bottom tackle is also popular, often catching crucian carp, skate, carp, and catfish. But undoubtedly the most exciting and exciting is fishing with a spinning rod. Various types of baits are used to catch pikes, topgazers, and, less commonly, snakeheads and yellowjackets.

Reminder for fisherman on the Lefou River

The following types of fish are caught on the Ilistaya River:

Grayling. It can be caught by wire and fly fishing. The best time for fishing is from May to November;
Lenok. It is better to use spinning tackle (spinners, wobblers). Fishing is possible, in principle, all year round;
Kunja. Caught with oscillating spoons and wobblers;
Malma. Caught with spinners and wobblers. The best time is early summer and autumn;
Sima. Good for spinning and fly fishing;
. When fishing, spoons and wobblers are mainly used.
. They are caught using spinning rods and lures. The most favorable period is from July to October.