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Amur River

Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur used to be the longest in Imperial Russia and Eurasia. Khabarovsk Bridge (1916 is a railway Bridge that carries the Trans-Siberian Railway across the Amur River near the city of Khabarovsk The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya For the superstate in George Orwell 's novel see Nations of Nineteen Eighty-Four.
(Note: The bridge was reconstructed in 1999 and now looks completely different than in this photo. )
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江
Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江
Literal meaning: "Black Dragon River"
Manchu name
Manchu:
(Sahaliyan Ula)
Mongolian name
Mongolian: Хар Мөрөн
(Khar Mörön)
Russian name
Russian: Амур
(Amur)
Amur
Amur watershed
Amur watershed
Origin The mountains of Northeastern China
Mouth The Pacific Ocean, through the Tartar Strait
Basin countries China, Russia, Mongolia
Length 4,444 km (2,761 mi)
Basin area 1,855,000 km² (716,200 mi²)

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History and context

In many historical references these two geopolitical entities are known as Outer Manchuria (Russian Manchuria) and Inner Manchuria, respectively. Outer Manchuria (外滿洲 known in China as Outer Northeast ' (外東北 and Priamurye' ( Cyrillic: Приаму́рье in Russia is the territory Outer Manchuria (外滿洲 known in China as Outer Northeast ' (外東北 and Priamurye' ( Cyrillic: Приаму́рье in Russia is the territory Northeast China ( is a geographical region of China. It is separated from Russia largely by the Amur, Argun, and Ussuri rivers from 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. ( Postal map spelling: Heilungkiang Manchu: Sahaliyan ula is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern Amur Oblast (Аму́рская о́бласть Amurskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an Oblast) situated about 8000 km

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. Black River is a common name for streams and communities around the world as well as the Spanish and Portuguese translation for Rio Negro. The Manchu people ( Manchu: Manju;, Mongolian: Манж Russian: Маньчжуры are a Tungusic people who originated in Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China

The district Amuri in Tampere has gotten its name after battles at river Amur during the Russo-Japanese war. Tampere ( ˈtɑmpɛrɛ Swedish: Tammerfors or) is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September

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. Metallurgy is a domain of Materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 Ferrous, in the chemical science realm indicates a bivalent iron compound (+2 oxidation state (as opposed to Ferric, which indicates a trivalent iron compound (+3 oxidation Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by Hydropower, ie the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling water Wheat ( Triticum spp is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Levant area of the Middle East. The millets are a group of small- Seeded Species of Cereal crops or grains widely grown around the world for Food and Fodder For the computer security term see Phishing. Fishing is the activity of catching Fish. Lumber or timber is Wood in any of its stages from felling through readiness for use as structural Material for Construction, or 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. Daqing ( formerly spelled "Taching" (pronounced Da Tshing is a city in northeast China in the Heilongjiang province. An oil field is a region with an abundance of Oil wells extracting Petroleum (crude oil from below ground

Direction

Flowing across northeast Asia for over 4,444 km (2,700 mi), from the mountains of northeastern China to the Sea of Okhotsk (near Nikolayevsk-na-Amure), it drains a remarkable watershed that includes diverse landscapes of desert, steppe, tundra, and taiga, eventually emptying into the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Tartary, where the mouth of the river faces the northern end of the island of Sakhalin. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The Sea of Okhotsk ( Russian: Охо́тское мо́ре English Transliteration: Okhotskoye More) is a part of the western Pacific Ocean, Nikolayevsk-on-Amur (Никола́евск-на-Аму́ре 廟街 often romanized as Nikolayevsk-na-Amure, is a town and the administrative center of Nikolayevsky A desert is a Landscape or region that receives very little precipitation. In physical Geography, a steppe ( German, from степь - "a flat and arid land" степ - /stɛp/ тал - tal дала - /dɑlɑ/ pronounced In physical Geography, tundra is an area where the Tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons Taiga (ˈtaɪgə from Turkic or Mongolian) is a Biome characterized by Coniferous forests Strait of Tartary ( Gulf of Tartary, Gulf of Tatary, Tatar Strait, Tartar Strait, Strait of Tartar, also Chinese 韃靼海峽 Sakhalin (Сахали́н səxʌˈlʲin Japanese:nihongo|樺太|karafuto or; Chinese: 庫頁 Kùyè also Saghalien, is a large elongated The Amur has always been closely associated with Sakhalin, and most names for the island, even in the languages of the indigenous peoples of the region, are derived from the name of the river: "Sakhalin" derives from a Tungusic dialectal form cognate with Manchu sahaliyan ("black," as in sahaliyan ula, "Black River"), while Ainu and Japanese "Karaputo" or "Karafuto" is derived from the Ainu name of the Amur or its mouth. The Tungusic languages (also known as Manchu-Tungus Tungus are spoken in Eastern Siberia and Manchuria. History Japanese settlement on Sakhalin dates to at least the Edo period. The Ainu language (Ainu ain アイヌ イタク aynu itak; Japanese: ja アイヌ語 ainu-go) is spoken by the Ainu Anton Chekhov vividly described the Amur River in writings about his journey to Sakhalin Island in 1890. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( –) (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) was a Russian short-story writer and Playwright, considered to be one

The average annual discharge varies from 6000 m³/s (1980) - 12000 m³/s (1957), 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. [1]

Tributaries

The Amur proper is 2,874 km long after the junction of two rivers:

The Shilka and the Argun join at Moguhe Village (洛古河村), in western Mohe County (漠河县) in Heilongjiang Province, China, and become the Amur proper.

Major tributaries are:

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. Shilka (Шилка is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai, South-Eastern Russia of length 560 km (348 miles Argun (Аргунь is the Russian name of the river which is a part of the Russia &ndash China border Zeya River (Зе́я Manchu: Jingkiri bira, also Latinized as Zeja River 1242 km long is a southern Tributary of the Amur River. The Bureya River (Бурея is a tributary of the Amur River that originates in the Russian Bureya Mountain Range The Songhua River (also known as the Sungari River in English a name which comes from the Manchu language meaning White River) is a River in The Ussuri River is a River in the east of Northeast China and south of the Russian Far East. Amgun River (Амгу́нь is a river in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, left Tributary of the Amur River. ( Postal map spelling: Heilungkiang Manchu: Sahaliyan ula is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern Amur Oblast (Аму́рская о́бласть Amurskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an Oblast) situated about 8000 km Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia Khabarovsk Krai (Хаба́ровский край Khabarovsky kray) is a federal subject of Russia (a Krai) located in the Russian Far The final stretch of the Amur passes through Khabarovsk Krai. It passes by the following cities:

Amur Bridge Project

Valery Solomonovich Gurevich, government vice-chairman of Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Oblast said that China and Russia started construction of the Amur Bridge Project at the end of 2007. For the Dragonlance character see Huma Dragonbane Huma County ( Chinese: 呼玛县 Pinyin: Hūmǎ xiàn Blagoveshchensk (Благове́щенск is a city in Russia, the administrative center of Amur Oblast, located 7985 km east of Heihe ( "Black River" is a city in Heilongjiang, China. Tongjiang in a city in Heilongjiang province in China. It has a population of over 100000 Khabarovsk (Хаба́ровск xʌ'barɘfsk) is the administrative center and the largest city of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Komsomolsk-on-Amur (Комсомо́льск-на-Аму́ре often transliterated directly as Komsomolsk-na-Amure) is a city located in Khabarovsk Krai Nikolayevsk-on-Amur (Никола́евск-на-Аму́ре 廟街 often romanized as Nikolayevsk-na-Amure, is a town and the administrative center of Nikolayevsky Valery Solomonovich Gurevich is a Russian Politician. Leadership in Jewish Autonomous Oblast Gurevich both organized and participated in the 2004 Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia The Amur Bridge Project was announced in 2007 by Valery Solomonovich Gurevich, the vice-chairman of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. [2] The bridge will link Nizhneleninskoye in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast with Tongjiang in Heilongjiang Province. Nizhneleninskoye (Нижнеле́нинское is a village ( selo) in Leninsky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. Tongjiang in a city in Heilongjiang province in China. It has a population of over 100000 ( Postal map spelling: Heilungkiang Manchu: Sahaliyan ula is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern [3] The 2,197-meter-long bridge, with an estimated investment of nearly US$230 million, is expected to be finished by the end of 2010, Gurevich said. [4] Gurevich said that the proposal to construct a bridge across the river was actually made by Russia, in view of growing cargo transportation demands. "The bridge, in the bold estimate, will be finished in three years," Gurevich said. [5]

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