The Songhua or Sunghwa River is one of the primary rivers of China, and the longest tributary of the Amur. It flows about 1,897 km (1,179 mi) from Changbai Mountains on the China–North Korea border through China's northeastern Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces.
Songhua River, just west of Harbin. Oxbow lakes are common sights along the sides of the river.
Vendors on frozen Songhua
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.
Amur
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