Amur River estuary

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The Amur River estuary is the broad, low-lying mouth of the Amur River where it empties into the Sea of Okhotsk in the Russian Far East, forming an important ecological and fisheries region.

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Amur River estuary canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river estuary
wetland area
climate subarctic
country Russia
ecoregion Sea of Okhotsk coastal ecoregion NERFINISHED
emptiesInto Sea of Okhotsk NERFINISHED
environmentalConcern habitat degradation
overfishing risk
pollution from upstream industrial activities
formsBoundaryBetween mainland Russian Far East and Sakhalin Island region
hasCharacteristic brackish water
broad
high sediment load
low-lying
seasonal ice cover
shallow
tidally influenced
hasUse commercial fisheries
habitat for anadromous fish
habitat for migratory birds
navigation
subsistence fisheries
transportation
hydrologicalFeature mixing zone of river and sea waters
strong seasonal freshwater discharge
isImportantFor biodiversity conservation
nursery grounds for marine species
regional fisheries economy
locatedIn Khabarovsk Krai NERFINISHED
Russian Far East NERFINISHED
Sakhalin Oblast NERFINISHED
mouthOf Amur River NERFINISHED
near Nikolayevsk-on-Amur NERFINISHED
Sakhalin Island NERFINISHED
Tatar Strait NERFINISHED
partOf Amur River basin NERFINISHED
Sea of Okhotsk coastal zone
subjectTo coastal erosion
sedimentation
spring floods
winter freezing
supportsSpecies Pacific salmon
herring
shorebirds
smelt
waterfowl

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Tatar Strait locatedSouthOf Amur River estuary