Amur
The Amur River is one of the world?s ten longest
rivers, forming the border between the
Russian Far East and
Manchuria in China.
In many historical references these two geopolitical entities are known as
Inner Manchuria; and
Outer Manchuria , respectively. The Chinese province of
Heilongjiang on the south bank of the river is named after it, as is the Russian
Amur Oblast on the north bank.
The Amur River is a very important symbol of — and an important geopolitical factor in — Chinese-Russian relations. The Amur was especially important in the period of time following the Sino-Soviet political split in the 1960s.
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The
Amur River is one of the world’s ten longest
rivers, forming the border between the
Russian Far East and
Manchuria in China.
In many historical references these two geopolitical entities are known as
Inner Manchuria; and
Outer Manchuria , respectively. The Chinese province of
Heilongjiang on the south bank of the river is named after it, as is the Russian
Amur Oblast on the north bank.
The Amur River is a very important symbol of — and an important geopolitical factor in — Chinese-Russian relations. The Amur was especially important in the period of time following the Sino-Soviet political split in the 1960s.
The name Black River was used by the
Manchu and the
Qing Dynasty who always regarded this river as sacred.
The economy of the Amur Basin includes manufacturing, metallurgy,
iron mining, non-ferrous metals,
gold,
coal,
hydroelectricity,
wheat,
millet,
soybeans,
fishing,
timber and Chinese-Russian trade. The
Daqing oilfield, which is the world's 4th-largest
oilfield, is located near Daqing City in Heilongjiang, a few hundred kilometers from the river.
Flowing across northeast
Asia for over 4400 km , from the
mountains of northeastern
China to the
Sea of Okhotsk , it drains a remarkable watershed that includes diverse landscapes of
desert,
steppe,
tundra, and
taiga, eventually emptying into the Pacific Ocean through the
Tartar Strait.
The average annually discharge varies from 6000 m³/s - 12000 m³/s , leading to an average 9819 m³/s or 310 km³ per year. The maximum runoff measured occurred in Oct 1951 with 30700 m³/s whereas the minimum discharge was recorded in March 1946 with a mere 514 m³/s.
The Amur proper is 2,874 km long after the junction of two rivers:
- Northern tributary: the Shilka, originating from the eastern slopes of Kente Mountain in Mongolia.
- Southern tributary: the Argun, originating on the western slopes of the Great Khingan Range in northeast China.
The Shilka and the Argun join at Moguhe Village , in western Mohe County in Heilongjiang Province, China, and become the Amur proper.
Major tributaries are:
- the Shilka,
- the Argun,
- the Zeya,
- the Bureya,
- the Songhua, and
- the Ussuri,
- the Amgun
The Amur is bordered by
Heilongjiang province of China in the south, and
Amur Oblast,
Jewish Autonomous Oblast, and
Khabarovsk Krai of Russia in the north. The final stretch of the Amur passes through Khabarovsk Krai. It passes by the following cities:
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- Jiayin
- Tongjiang
- Fuyuan
- Khabarovsk
- Komsomolsk-na-Amure
- Amursk
- Nikolayevsk-na-Amure
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