The Huma River is a right
tributary on the northern loop of the
Amur River
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 ...
in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
's province of
Heilongjiang. It starts in the
Greater Khingan Mountains and flows in a general eastern and south-eastern direction, parallel and southwest of the Amur, until flowing into the Amur in
Huma County
Huma County (; Manchu: Hūmar Siyan; russian: Кумары) is a county in the far north of the Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. The county seat is located on the right (southwestern) bank of the Amur River, a few kilometers ...
, about south of Huma County's county seat.
Somewhere near its mouth was the Russian fort of Kumarsk at the time of the
Russian–Manchu border conflicts. At the time it was also called "Kamora River" or "Houmar River".
References
Rivers of Heilongjiang
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