Everything about the Songhua River totally explained
The
Songhua River (Sungari River in English) is a
river in
Northeast China, and is the largest tributary of the
Heilong River (Amur), flowing about 1,927 km from
Changbai Mountains through the
Heilongjiang and
Jilin provinces. The river drains 212,000
square miles of land. It joins the Amur at the town of
Dongjiang. The river has a
dam at
Fengman, which is used for
hydroelectricity production. It forms a lake that stretches 62 km upstream. Below the dam, the river flows northwest until its largest tributary, the
Nen River, joins it near
Da'an. The
Nen River drains the northern
Manchurian Plain. The river travels east until it joins the Hulan River near
Harbin. Then it passes between the northern end of the eastern Manchurian mountain system and the Lesser Khingan Range. The river then flows into the Amur River valley. The river
freezes from late November until March. It has its highest flows when the mountain
snow melts during the spring thaw. The river is
navigable up to
Harbin by medium-sized
ships. Smaller craft can navigate the Songhua up to
Jilin and the Nen River up to
Qiqihar.
The extreme flatness of the Manchurian Plain has caused the river to meander widely over time. The result of the meandering is that the river is surrounded by a wide plain that's filled with swirls and curves, showing paths the river once took.
In November 2005, the river was
contaminated with benzene, leading to a shutdown of Harbin's water supply and threats of a Russian lawsuit against China.
Cities along the river include:
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