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Amur River

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Amur (Sahaliyan river )
Heilong Jiang (黑龙江)
река Аму́р
River
Amur near Verkhnaya Ekon, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Name oreegin: Mongolian: amur, "rest")
Kintras Roushie, Cheenae
Pairt o Strait o Tartary
Tributaries
 - left Shilka, Zeya, Bureya, Amgun
 - right Ergune, Huma, Songhua, Ussuri
Ceeties Blagoveschensk, Heihe, Tongjiang, Khabarovsk, Amursk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Nikolayevsk-on-Amur
Primar soorce Onon River-Shilka River
 - location Khan Khentii Strictly Protectit Aurie, Khentti Province, Mongolie
 - elevation 2,045 m (6,709 ft)
 - coordinates 48°48′59″N 108°46′13″E / 48.81639°N 108.77028°E / 48.81639; 108.77028
Seicontar soorce Kherlen River-Ergune River
 - location aboot 195 kilometre (121 mi) frae Ulaanbaatar, Khentii Province, Mongolie
 - elevation 1,961 m (6,434 ft)
 - coordinates 48°47′54″N 109°11′54″E / 48.79833°N 109.19833°E / 48.79833; 109.19833
Soorce confluence
 - location Near Pokrovka, Roushie & Cheenae
 - elevation 303 m (994 ft)
 - coordinates 53°19′58″N 121°28′37″E / 53.33278°N 121.47694°E / 53.33278; 121.47694
Mooth Strait of Tartary
 - location Near Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Roushie
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
 - coordinates 52°56′50″N 141°05′02″E / 52.94722°N 141.08389°E / 52.94722; 141.08389Coordinates: 52°56′50″N 141°05′02″E / 52.94722°N 141.08389°E / 52.94722; 141.08389
Lenth 2,824 km (1,755 mi) [1]
Basin 1,855,000 km2 (716,220 sq mi) [1]
Discharge for mooth
 - average 11,400 m3/s (402,587 cu ft/s)
 - max 30,700 m3/s (1,084,160 cu ft/s)
 - min 514 m3/s (18,152 cu ft/s)
Map o the Amur River wattershed

The Amur or Heilong Jiang (Even: Тамур (Tamur), Manchu: , Sahaliyan Ula; Cheenese: 黑龙江; pinyin: Hēilóng Jiāng; Roushie: ре́ка Аму́р, IPA: [ɐˈmur]) is the warld's tent langest river, formin the border atween the Roushie Far East an Northeastren Cheenae (Inner Manchurie). The lairgest fish species in the Amur is the kaluga, attainin a length as great as 5.6 metres.[2]

References

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  1. a b "Amur River". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Universitat de Valencia. 1995. Archived frae the original on 13 Apryle 2011. Retrieved 19 Mairch 2010.
  2. C.Michael Hogan. 2012. Amur River. Encyclopedia of Earth. Topic ed. Peter Saundry