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Also known as Amgun'

The Amgun () is a river in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia that flows northeast and joins the river Amur from the left upstream from its outflow into sea. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Amgun is formed by the confluence of the Ayakit and Suluk. Its main tributary is the Nimelen. The Amgun teems with fish, such as Hucho taimen, humpback salmon, sturgeon, and carp. The Baikal–Amur Mainline railway enters the Amgun valley from the Dusse-Alin Tunnel and follows the river northeast to Beryozovy, where it turns southeast to Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

Key facts

River.name
Amgun
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Russia Khabarovsk Krai
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Mouth location in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Russia
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Federal subject
River.subdivision_name2
Khabarovsk Krai
River.discharge1_location
confluence with Amur
River.discharge2_location
Guta
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confluence Ayakit and Suluk
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Amur

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The Amgun () is a river in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia that flows northeast and joins the river Amur from the left upstream from its outflow into sea. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Amgun is formed by the confluence of the Ayakit and Suluk. Its main tributary is the Nimelen. The Amgun teems with fish, such as Hucho taimen, humpback salmon, sturgeon, and carp. The Baikal–Amur Mainline railway enters the Amgun valley from the Dusse-Alin Tunnel and follows the river northeast to Beryozovy, where it turns southeast to Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

The Amgun was known as Xinggun River (興衮河) in Chinese. At its mouth is the village of Tyr, which was a Chinese fort during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amgun River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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