Amgun River
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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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Amgun River is referenced by 167 other articles, and connects out to Russia, Russian and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Rivers of Khabarovsk Krai and Tributaries of the Amur.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- River.name
- Amgun
- River.pushpin_map
- Russia Khabarovsk Krai
- River.pushpin_map_caption
- Mouth location in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Russia
- River.subdivision_type2
- Federal subject
- River.subdivision_name2
- Khabarovsk Krai
- River.discharge1_location
- confluence with Amur
- River.discharge2_location
- Guta
- River.source1
- confluence Ayakit and Suluk
- River.mouth
- Amur
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Khabarovsk Krai
- Continent
- Asia
- Image
- Taiga of Far East near Imeni Poliny Osipenko village, Khabarovsk Krai.jpg
- Length
- 723
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- described by source
- Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire
- mouth of the watercourse
- Amur River
- Commons category
- Amgun
- watershed area
- 55500
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
On the map
2 mapped locations