The Bira (russian: Бира) is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in the
Jewish Autonomous Oblast,
Russia
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. The name derives from the
Jurchen and
Manchu
The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized ethnic minority in China and the people from whom Manchuria derives its name. The Later Jin (1616–1636) and ...
word ''bira'' meaning "river". It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
It is one of the largest, left tributaries of the
Amur
The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China, Northeastern China (Inne ...
.
Some of the cities that lie along the river are
Birakan Birakan is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Obluchensky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia
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,
Teploozyorsk
Teploozyorsk is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Obluchensky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. Population:
Geography
The settlement is located west of Londoko, at the southern end of the Bureya Range, near Mount ...
,
Londoko
Londoko is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Obluchensky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. Population:
Geography
The village is located east of Teploozyorsk, at the southern end of the Bureya Range, near Mount St ...
,
Bira
Bira may refer to: Places Greece
*Boura (Achaea) (alternatively spelled Bira or Bura), an ancient city of Achaea, Greece India
* Bira, North 24 Parganas, a census town in West Bengal, India
** Bira railway station Lebanon
*Bireh, Akkar
* Al-Bireh ...
,
Birobidzhan
Birobidzhan ( rus, Биробиджа́н, p=bʲɪrəbʲɪˈdʐan; yi, ביראָבידזשאַן, ''Birobidzhan'') is a town and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway, near th ...
and Nadezhdinskoye.
See also
*
List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained into ...
References
External links
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Rivers of Jewish Autonomous Oblast
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