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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 RussiaAmur - 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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The two mountain ranges of the Greater and Lesser Xing'an, paralleling the Heilong River [Amur], served as hideouts while the bandits could also slip across the river to the Russian side to avoid justice.
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On the salmon front, workers at a breeding station in Fuyuan recently placed 500,000 fry into the Heilong River.
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