The (s, forming the border between the
Russian Far East and
Manchuria in China. In many historical references these two geopolitical entities are known as
Inner Manchuria ; and
Outer Manchuria (
Russian Manchuria ), respectively. The Chinese province of
Heilongjiang on the south bank of the river is named after it, as is the Russian
Amur Oblast on the north bank.
The Amur River is a very important symbol of — and an important geopolitical factor in — Chinese-Russian relations. The Amur was especially important in the period of time following the Sino-Soviet political split in the 1960s.
The economy of the Amur Basin includes manufacturing,
Metallurgy ,
Iron mining,
Non-ferrous Metals ,
Gold ,
Coal ,
Hydroelectricity ,
Wheat ,
Millet ,
Soybeans ,
Fishing ,
Timber and
Chinese-Russian Trade . The
Daqing oilfield, which is the world's 4th-largest
Oilfield , is located near Daqing City in Heilongjiang, a few hundred kilometers from the river.
Flowing across northeast
Asia for over 4400
Km (2,700
Mi ), from the
Mountain s of northeastern
China to the
Sea Of Okhotsk (near
Nikolayevsk-na-Amure ), it drains a remarkable watershed that includes diverse landscapes of
Desert ,
Steppe ,
Tundra , and
Taiga , eventually emptying into the Pacific Ocean through the
Tartar Strait .
The Amur proper is 2,874 km long after the junction of two rivers:
The Shilka and the Argun join at Moguhe Village (洛古河村), in western Mohe County (漠河县) in Heilongjiang Province, China, and become the Amur proper. across the Amur used to be the longest in
Imperial Russia and
Eurasia .]]
Major tributaries are:
The Amur is bordered by
Heilongjiang province of China in the south, and
Amur Oblast ,
Jewish Autonomous Oblast , and
Khabarovsk Krai of Russia in the north. The final stretch of the Amur passes through Khabarovsk Krai. It passes by the following cities:
- Huma (China, south bank)
- Blagoveshchensk (Russia, north bank)
- Heihe (China, south bank)
- Jiayin (China, south bank)
- Tongjiang (China, south bank)
- Fuyuan (China, south bank)
- Khabarovsk (Russia, south bank)
- Komsomolsk-na-Amure (Russia, north bank)
- Amursk (Russia, north bank)
- Nikolayevsk-na-Amure (Russia, north bank)
A reference was made to this river in the 2003 film ''
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen ''.
