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Amur

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Amur [əˈmʊə]
n
(Placename) a river in NE Asia, rising in N Mongolia as the Argun and flowing southeast, then northeast to the Sea of Okhotsk: forms the boundary between Manchuria and Russia. Length: about 4350 km (2700 miles) Modern Chinese name Heilong Jiang
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Noun1.Amur - an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk
Amur River, Heilong, Heilong Jiang
Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
Russian Federation, Russia - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state


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(1) Dimitri, an Amur leopard, is 10 months old and lives at the Feline Conservation Center.
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3, officials administering the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), announced that the treaty will from now on prohibit international commerce in all sturgeon from the Caspian Sea basin, the Black Sea--lower Danube River basin, and the Amur River basin of Russia and China.
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Another invasive, amur maple (USDA release), is a favorite because of its colorful leaves and seeds.
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