Amur
| Amur Heilong | |
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Map of the Amur watershed | |
| Etymology | From Mongolian: amar ("rest") |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Onon-Shilka |
| • location | Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area, Khentii Province, Mongolia |
| • coordinates | 48°48′59″N 108°46′13″E / 48.81639°N 108.77028°E |
| • elevation | 2,045 m (6,709 ft) |
| 2nd source | Argun |
| • location | Greater Khingan, Hulunbuir, China |
| • coordinates | 49°56′13″N 122°27′54″E / 49.937°N 122.465°E |
| Source confluence | |
| • location | Near Pokrovka, Russia |
| • coordinates | 53°19′58″N 121°28′37″E / 53.33278°N 121.47694°E |
| • elevation | 303 m (994 ft) |
| Mouth | Strait of Tartary |
• location | Near Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia |
• coordinates | 52°56′50″N 141°05′02″E / 52.94722°N 141.08389°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 2,824 km (1,755 mi) (Amur–Argun–Hailar: 4,444 km) |
| Basin size | 1,855,000 km2 (716,000 sq mi) 2,129,700 km2 (822,300 sq mi)(with undrained areas) |
| Width | |
| • maximum | 5,000 m (16,000 ft) |
| Depth | |
| • maximum | 57 m (187 ft) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | (Period: 2002–2020)12,360 m3/s (390 km3/a) (Period: 1896–2004)11,330 m3/s (400,000 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Bogorodskoye |
| • average | (Period: 2008–2019)11,459 m3/s (404,700 cu ft/s) (Period: 1896–2004) 10,100 m3/s (360,000 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Komsomolsk-on-Amur |
| • average | (Period: 2012–2019)10,259 m3/s (362,300 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Khabarovsk |
| • average | (Period: 2008–2018)8,384 m3/s (296,100 cu ft/s) (Period: 1896–2004)8,360 m3/s (295,000 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Blagoveshchensk |
| • average | (Period: 1971–2000)2,859.1 m3/s (100,970 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Strait of Tartary (Sea of Okhotsk) |
| River system | Amur River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Shilka, Amazar, Oldoy, Zeya, Bureya, Arkhara, Bidzhan, Bira, Tunguska, Bolon, Gorin, Bichi, Amgun, Palvinskaya |
| • right | Argun, Emuer, Huma, Xun, Kuerbin, Songhua, Nongjiang, Ussuri, Sita, Nemta, Anyuy, Gur, Yai |
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| Russian | река Амур | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 黑龙江 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 黑龍江 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Heilung Kiang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Black Dragon River" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Manchu script | ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romanization | Sahaliyan ula | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Amur River (Russian: река Амур) or Heilong River (Chinese: 黑龙江) is a perennial river in Northeast Asia, forming the natural border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China (historically the Outer and Inner Manchuria). The Amur proper is 2,824 km (1,755 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 1,855,000 km2 (716,000 sq mi). If including its main stem tributary, the Argun, the Amur is 4,444 km (2,761 mi) long, making it the world's tenth longest river.
The Amur is an important river for the aquatic fauna of Northeast Asia. The river basin is home to a variety of large predatory fish such as northern snakehead, Amur pike, taimen, Amur catfish, predatory carp and yellowcheek, as well as several species of trout and anadromous salmonids. The largest fish species in the Amur is the kaluga, a sturgeon that is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world, attaining a length as great as 5.6 m (18 ft). It is also home to the northernmost populations of the Amur softshell turtle and Indian lotus.