Amur Oblast is a federal subject of Russia, located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya rivers in the Russian Far East. Amur Oblast borders Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the south.
Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast
Bureya Dam
Image: Благовещенск 2011 (059)
Image: Площадь 30 летия Победы
The Amur River or Heilong River is a perennial river in Northeast Asia, forming the natural border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China. The Amur proper is 2,824 km (1,755 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 1,855,000 km2 (716,000 sq mi). If including its main stem tributary, the Argun, the Amur is 4,444 km (2,761 mi) long, making it the world's tenth longest river.
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Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur used to be the longest in Imperial Russia and Eurasia.
Nanai village along the Amur, north of Khabarovsk, 1895
Nanai men with dog sled on the Amur, 1895