By the area of the basin and its length, Amur is included in the list of the great rivers of the world. The Far East, where the Amur River is located , is considered one of the richest regions of Russia.
River characteristic
The total length of the Amur River along with its tributaries is 4444 km, which puts it in this indicator in ninth place among all the waterways of the world. The area of the river basin is 1.85 million square meters. km From this figure, you can also understand where the Amur River is located among all the water bodies of the world: it closes the ten greatest water arteries of the Earth. Among the rivers of Russia, Amur is fourth in terms of basin area after the Yenisei, Lena and Ob.
The river along its route passes four natural zones: forest, forest-steppe, steppe and semi-desert. This fact also indicates the power and scale of the reservoir.
Cupid has many distinctive features. For example, floods on a river begin in mid-summer with
monsoon rains and end in autumn. At this time, Amur shows its fierce disposition: water streams destroy the banks and buildings, flood large surrounding territories. Flood waters may not recede within two months. This constitutes a certain difficulty in the use of coastal lands for economic purposes.
Cupid is famous for its tributaries. Such as Amgun, Shilka, Zeya, Ussuri, Bureya, Sungari. The waters of these rivers, merging with Cupid, make it even more magnificent and powerful.
No tourist will be indifferent when he sees the cliffs of the Amur. Each of them has its own origin and a beautifully built legend. These stone statues are interesting for scientists, as they carry rich information about the history of the planet, about the stages of the formation of the earth's crust.
Where is the Amur River. Geographical position
Cupid is a river that flows through East Asia and the Far East. It begins after the merger of two tributaries - Shilka and Argun. The Amur Riverbed is very variable. It makes the water of the river in different areas change its direction of movement. The current rushes north, then rushes south. The waters of the Amur are now calm and majestic, then fast and uncontrollable.
Depending on the relief of the area where the Amur River is located, it is conditionally divided into parts. The length of the Upper Amur is 883 kilometers. It flows from the source to the confluence
of the Zeya River.Cupid from the mouth of Zeya to the confluence of the Ussuri is called average. The length of this section is 975 kilometers. Lower Amur stretches to the city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. And the length of the river here is 966 km.
The Sea of Okhotsk receives the waters of the Amur and all its tributaries.
Cupid on a political map
Cupid flows through the territory of three mighty powers: Russia, Mongolia and China. A section of the state Russian-Chinese border runs along the riverbed .
The right bank of the Amur River is China, and the left coast is Russia. The peoples of the two states have been in close interaction for centuries. And I must say that these relations were not always easy and simple.
Today, the governments and people of the countries whose territories are located on the banks of the Amur should understand that they share a common responsibility for the conservation of the reservoir.
Transport artery of the edge
Industrial shipping on the river was widely developed in the middle of the XIX century. Since time immemorial, it has been used as a transport route connecting the settlements of people living in those places where the Amur River is located.
In which city or other locality of the region can water transport be dispensed with? Perhaps such a settlement will be difficult to find. For most of them, Cupid is the only means of communication with neighbors.
Cities such as Khabarovsk, Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Blagoveshchensk, Amursk and many other settlements are built on the shore of the waterway.
Amur basin problems
The scientific community, environmentalists, representatives of government departments of the Far Eastern Federal District, where the Amur River flows, keep under close scrutiny the state of the basin of this water artery of the country. Currently, the environmental situation prevailing here is close to critical, and in some areas recognized as such.
The causes of the problems are socio-economic and environmental in nature. Concretizing some of them, we can name unsatisfactory material support for the local population, deterioration in the quality of natural waters, destruction of forests with fires and unauthorized deforestation, environmental pollution by harmful industries, and low level of management.
Particular attention is paid to the fact that all states where the Amur River and its tributaries are located should join the solution of these problems. Only joint efforts can improve the ecological state of the Amur basin.