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AI overview
The Tumen River is a waterway that flows through China, Russia, and North Korea, serving as a natural border between these countries. It matters because it plays an important role in regional geography and international relations among these three nations.
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Key facts
- Etymology
- Old Turkic and Mongolian, tümen "ten thousand"
- Native name
- 图们江 ( Chinese )
- Country
- North Korea (DPRK), China (PRC), Russia
- Province dprk
- North Hamgyong , Ryanggang
- Province prc
- Jilin
- Federal subject russia
- Primorsky Krai
- Source
- Paektu Mountain
- Mouth
- Sea of Japan
- Location
- Sea of Japan , Russia, North Korea
- Elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Length
- 521 km (324 mi)
- Basin size
- 33,800 km (13,100 sq mi)
- Left
- Gaya River Hunchun River
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Part of
- North Korea–Russia border
- Country
- Russia
- Located in
- Jilin
- Continent
- Asia
- Image
- Tumen River near Songhak-ri.jpg
- Length
- 549
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- Commons category
- Tumen River
- native label
- ᠲᠦᠮᠡᠨ ᠭᠣᠣᠯ
- mouth of the watercourse
- Sea of Japan
- topic's main category
- Category:Tumen River
- watershed area
- 10513
- discharge
- 180.7
- tributary
- Hunchun River
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Encyclopedic overview
Korean name Chosŏn'gŭl두만강 Hancha豆滿江
Chinese Korean name Chosŏn'gŭl도문강 Hancha圖們江
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tumen River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.