The Sanjiang Plain includes the
Amur River
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(also known as the Heilong, or literally, "Black Dragon" or River),
Songhua and
Ussuri
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(also known as the Wusuli) rivers and covers 23 counties in
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang () Postal romanization, formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a Provinces of China, province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is th ...
Province,
China
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encompassing about 109,000 km
2. The area has extensive
wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (Anoxic waters, anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in t ...
s.
References
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Plains of China
Landforms of Heilongjiang