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The Amur River

Uploaded by neoka on Feb 01, 2007

The Amur River

The Amur is the 6th longest river in the world, it is 2,744 miles in the East regions of Russia. It meets the Argun and Shilka Rivers and flows to the Tartar Strait at the Pacific Ocean. The Amur river is the largest river in the world (It also has no dam). For 1,000 miles the river makes a border to Russia and China.

The area around the Amur river has 95% of the worlds white stork. It also has alot of cranes and other birds. The river is the place where around 100 species of fish live. Most people take tours to see Amur leopard (only about 50 are still alive). The river valley has a nice habitat for alot of other wildlife. You can only ride a boat in May to November.

The river was a place for ancient people in Russia and China. Archaeologists from two nations have teamed up to dig to find clues to see how these people lived. Some tribes are the Nani (most local people). Now those clans are...Nanai (different from Nani) (pop. 12,000), Ulchi (pop. 3200), Udegai (pop. 1,900), Oroch (pop. 900), and Negidal (pop. 600). Some Nanai and Oroch live on the Chinese side of the Amur River and other little rivers. Most clans depend on the river for there food and water. Most clans live on or near the river so they can have easy access to the river. There are island scattered on the river and most clans live there for protection. They also use rivers as transport for boats carrying food for the towns in Russia. The river flows east, but at Khabarovsk the river goes north. The most important river in the eastern part of Russia is the Amur river. It is 1,100 miles (1,000 along the border) (Which is 1,800 kilometers).

The economy of the Amur Basin has manufacturing, iron mining, metals, gold, coal, wheat, soybeans, fish, wood and Chinese to Russian trading. The Daqing oilfield (the world's 4th-biggest oilfield) is near Daqing City in Heilongjiang (about 1/2 mile from the oilfield). The name amur means "Black water" in Russia. Some of the big cities it flows through or by...

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Uploaded by:   neoka

Date:   02/01/2007

Category:   History

Length:   3 pages (657 words)

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