The Amur River

Amur, or Heilong River (Up: Тамур (Tahir), Manchu: ᠰ ᠠ ᡥ ᠠ ᠯ ᡳ ᠶ ᠠ ᠨ ᡠ ᠯ ᠠ SVG, Sahaliyan Ula; Chinese. 黑龙江; Pinyin: Heilong Jiang, Russian: река Амур, IPA: [ ɐmur]) is the world's tenth largest river, forming the border with Russia Far East (outer Manchuria), and north-east China (Inner Manchuria).

Course

It rises in the hills of Western Manchuria at the confluence of two major tributaries, Ergun Shilka River and the river, at an altitude of 303 meters (994 ft). It flows east, forming the border between China and Russia, and slowly a large arch in the south-east about 400 km (250 million), receiving numerous tributaries and passes through many small towns. Huma This was associated with a higher tributary, the River Huma. Afterwards, continue to flow between the cities of the south to Blagoveschensk (Russia) and Heihe (China), it expands significantly when he joined the Zeya River, one of its main tributaries.

Love the arches to the east and southeast turns back to the confluence with the tributary Bureya then receive another important about 250 kilometers (160 miles) above its confluence with its main tributary, the Songhua River in Tongjiang . At the confluence of the Songhua River, northeast of shifts, now flowing to Khabarovsk, where it joins the Ussuri River and continues to define the border between Russia and China. Now the river is spreading dramatically in a twisted character, which flows north-northeast with a wide valley in eastern Russia, Amursk and Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The valley stretches about 200 kilometers (120 miles) and the river flows north from the plains at the confluence with the river Amgun. Shortly after love turns sharply to the east and in an estuary in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, about 20 kilometers (12 million) below which empties into the Strait of Tartary / Tatar Strait.

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