Amur River

E17754

international river river

The Amur River is a major waterway in northeastern Asia that forms much of the border between Russia and China and supports rich ecosystems and regional trade.

Aliases (1)

Amur River basin ×5

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international river → river →
alsoKnownAs	Heilong Jiang →
basinArea	approximately 1,855,000 square kilometers →
cityOnRiver	Blagoveshchensk → Heihe → Khabarovsk → Komsomolsk-on-Amur → Nikolayevsk-on-Amur →
climateZone	temperate →
continent	Asia →
countryBorder	China → Russia →
drainageBasin	China → Mongolia → Russia →
ecosystemType	temperate river ecosystem →
emptiesInto	Sea of Okhotsk → Tatar Strait →
flowsInto	Pacific Ocean basin →
flowsThrough	China → Russia →
formsBorderBetween	Russia and China →
freezesInSeason	winter →
habitatFor	Amur salmon species → Amur sturgeon → kaluga sturgeon → migratory waterbirds →
hasFloods	summer →
importance	major waterway of northeastern Asia →
knownFor	high biodiversity → relatively undammed main stem →
length	approximately 4444 km →
lengthRanking	one of the ten longest rivers in the world → one of the three longest rivers in the Russian Far East →
locatedIn	Northeast Asia →
majorTributary	Amgun River → Bureya River → Selemdzha River → Songhua River → Ussuri River → Zeya River →
mouthLocatedIn	Russia → Sea of Okhotsk →
nameLanguage	Heilong Jiang is the Chinese name →
partOf	Amur River basin →
region	Northeast China → Russian Far East →
sourceConfluenceOf	Argun River → Shilka River →
sourceRegion	Mongolia → Northeast China →
supports	agriculture in its floodplain → fisheries → regional trade → river transport →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Amur Oblast → Jewish Autonomous Oblast →	locatedOn
Amur Oblast → Amur Plate →	namedAfter
Khabarovsk Krai → Manchuria →	traversedBy
Zabaykalsky Krai →	borderFormedByRiver
Amur Oblast →	borderRiver
Asia →	containsRiver
Tungusic languages ("Amur River basin") →	geographicDistribution
Jewish Autonomous Oblast →	hasBorderRiver
East Asia →	hasRiver
Amur Oblast ("Amur River basin") →	locatedIn
Khabarovsk →	locatedOnRiver
Amur leopard ("Amur River basin") →	nativeTo
Amur River ("Amur River basin") →	partOf
Blakiston's fish owl ("Amur River basin") →	range