The Amazar (russian: Амазар) is a river in

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. It is a tributary of the

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, with a length of and a drainage basin area of . The name originated in the Evenki language, meaning "mouth in the ground".Water of Russia - Амазар
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runs along the valley of the Amazar with

Mogocha Mogocha ( rus, Могоча, p=mɐˈgotɕə) is a town and the administrative center of Mogochinsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located northeast of Chita, the administrative center of the krai. Population: Etymology The name "Mogoch ...

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, Taptugary and Semiozerny stations located near the river. The Amazar is the river in

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where

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are more abundant.

Course

The Amazar is a left

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of the Amur. It is formed in the slopes of the Cheromny Range,

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, at the confluence of the Big Amazar (Bolshoy Amazar) and Small Amazar (Maly Amazar). In its upper course it flows roughly southeastwards across mountainous terrain, forming the northern limit of the

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.Амазар (река в Читинской области)
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. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.(in Russian) The river bed is subject to human interference in certain stretches, where it is dredged for the extraction of alluvial minerals, affecting natural biodiversity. The town of

lies at the confluence of its Mogocha tributary, where the river channel branches and the

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widens, forming up to long islands. Downstream from the confluence of the Bolshoi Chichatka, the Amazar crosses the

. Further down the river forms large bends and in some stretches there are lakes in the floodplain. Some of the rocky shore areas are picturesque, but the scars of

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are quite apparent. Finally the bottom of the valley expands and the Amazar joins the Amur from its mouth. The confluence is close to the

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and

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, downstream from the mouths of the Argun and Shilka.

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Энциклопедия Забайкалья - Амазар
(Transbaikal Encyclopedia, in Russian) The largest tributary of the Amazar is the long

Bolshoy Chichatka Bolshoi (, meaning ''big'', ''large'', ''great'', ''grand'', etc.) may refer to: * Bolshoi Theatre, a ballet and opera theatre in Moscow, Russia ** Bolshoi Ballet, a ballet company at the Bolshoi Theatre *Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg, a ballet ...

(Big Chichatka) that joins it from the left and has a drainage basin area of . There are 104 small lakes in the river basin, with a total area of . The river freezes to the bottom between October and late April or early May.

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* {{Portal bar, Russia Rivers of Zabaykalsky Krai

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