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Amur River

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A·mur River  (ä-mr) also Hei·long Jiang (hlông jyäng)
A river of northeast Asia flowing about 2,896 km (1,800 mi) mainly along the border between China and Russia. One of the chief waterways of Asia, it drains into Tatar Strait opposite Sakhalin Island.
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Noun1.Amur River - an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk
Amur, 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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The radio reconnaissance units of the Amur Red Banner Flotilla timely reconnoitered and immediately reported to the Command about the departure from Harbin of the main body of the Sungari River Flotilla comprising 16 ships with the Marine units on board heading toward the lower reaches of the Sungari River and about the impending appearance of the Flotilla on the Amur River.
Russia's Navy radio reconnaissance experience and the navy ... by Kiknadze, V.G. / Military Thought
So in 1985, at the invitation of the Chinese government, the Engstroms packed their bags and set out to the Heilongjiang River on the Sino-Soviet border (called the Amur River on the Russian side) to turn Chinese sturgeon, which grow to 2,000 pounds in weight, into a national caviar industry.
The other black gold by Watson, Julia / The National Interest
sinensis is found only in the Amur River area on the Russian-Chinese border (2).
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