Amur River | |
ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ Sahaliyan Ula (in Manchu) 黑龙江 Heilong Jiang (in Chinese) Аму́р, Amur (in Russian) |
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Amur River (Heilong Jiang)
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Name origin: Mongolian: amur ("rest") | |
Countries | Russia, China |
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Part of | Strait of Tartary |
Tributaries | |
- left | Shilka, Zeya, Bureya, Amgun |
- right | Ergune, Huma, Songhua, Ussuri |
Cities | Blagoveschensk, Heihe, Tongjiang, Khabarovsk, Amursk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Nikolayevsk-on-Amur |
Primary source | Onon River-Shilka River |
- location | Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area, Khentii Province, Mongolia |
- elevation | 2,045 m (6,709 ft) |
- coordinates | 48°48′59″N 108°46′13″E / 48.81639°N 108.77028°E |
Secondary source | Kherlen River-Ergune River |
- location | about 195 kilometres (121 mi) from Ulaanbaatar, Khentii Province, Mongolia |
- elevation | 1,961 m (6,434 ft) |
- coordinates | 48°47′54″N 109°11′54″E / 48.79833°N 109.19833°E |
Source confluence | |
- location | Near Pokrovka, Russia & China |
- elevation | 303 m (994 ft) |
- coordinates | 53°19′58″N 121°28′37″E / 53.33278°N 121.47694°E |
Mouth | Strait of Tartary |
- location | Near Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia |
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
- coordinates | 52°56′50″N 141°05′02″E / 52.94722°N 141.08389°ECoordinates: 52°56′50″N 141°05′02″E / 52.94722°N 141.08389°E |
Length | 2,824 km (1,755 mi) |
Basin | 1,855,000 km2 (716,220 sq mi) |
Discharge | mouth |
- 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 of the Amur River watershed
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Amur River | |||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 黑龍江 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 黑龙江 | ||||||
Literal meaning | "Black Dragon River" | ||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 阿穆爾河 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 阿穆尔河 | ||||||
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Mongolian name | |||||||
Mongolian | Хар Мөрөн (Khar Mörön) "black river" or Амар Мөрөн (Amar Mörön) "rest" |
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Manchu name | |||||||
Manchu script | ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ |
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Romanization | Sahaliyan Ula | ||||||
Russian name | |||||||
Russian | Амур (Amur) |
Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Hēilóng Jiāng |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Āmù'ěr Hé |
The Amur River (Even: Тамур, Tamur; Russian: река́ Аму́р, IPA: [ɐˈmur]) or Heilong Jiang (Chinese: 黑龙江; pinyin: Hēilóng Jiāng, "Black Dragon River"; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ
ᡠᠯᠠ; Möllendorff: Sahaliyan Ula; Abkai: Sahaliyan Ula, "Black Water") is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China (Inner Manchuria). The largest fish species in the Amur is the kaluga, attaining a length as great as 5.6 metres (18 ft). The Amur River is the only river in the world in which subtropical Asian fish such as snakehead, coexist with Arctic Siberian fish, such as pike. The river is home to a variety of other large predatory fish such as Taimen, Amur Catfish, and yellowcheek.