Amur Amur Buryat Category="Manchurian rivers"Category="Rivers of China"Category="Rivers of Mongolia"Category="Rivers of Russia"The Amur River (Russian: Амур; Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江, Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江, Hēilóng Jiāng, or "Black Dragon River"; Mongolian: Хара-Мурэн, Khara-Muren or "Black River"; Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning "Black River") is one of the world’s ten longest rivers, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Manchuria in China. In many historical references these two geopolitical entities are known as Inner Manchuria; and Outer Manchuria (Russian Manchuria), respectively. The very name Heilongjiang, as in Heilongjiang Province, is the same as the name of the river.

The Amur River is a very important symbol of and an important geopolitical factor in Chinese-Russian relations. The Amur was especially important in the period of time following the Sino-Soviet political split in the 1960s.

The economy of the Amur Basin includes manufacturing, Metallurgy, Iron mining, Non-ferrous metals, Gold, Coal, Hydroelectricity, Wheat, Millet, soybeans, Fishing, Timber and Chinese-Russian trade. The Daqing oilfield, which is the world's 4th-largest oilfield, is located near Daqing City in Heilongjiang, a few hundred kilometers from the river.

Flowing across northeast Asia for over 4400 km (2,700 mi), from the mountains of northeastern China to the Sea of Okhotsk (near Nikolayevsk-na-Amure), it drains a remarkable watershed that includes diverse landscapes of Desert, Steppe, Tundra, and Taiga..

The Amur proper is 2,874 km long after the junction of two rivers:

The Shilka and the Argun join at Moguhe Village (洛古河村), in western Mohe County (漠河县) in Heilongjiang Province, China, and become the Amur proper.

Major tributaries are:

The Amur is bordered by Heilongjiang Province and Khabarovsk Krai, and passes through the following cities:

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