The Amgun () is a river in Khabarovsk Krai,

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that flows northeast and joins the river

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from the left, 146 km upstream from its outflow into sea. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Amgun is formed by the confluence of the Ayakit and Suluk. Its main tributary is the Nimelen.Амгунь

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The Amgun teems with fish, such as Siberian salmon, humpback salmon, sturgeon, and carp. The

Baikal Amur Mainline Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...

railway enters the Amgun valley from the Dusse-Alin Tunnel and follows the river northeast to Beryozovy where it turns southeast to Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The Amgun was known as ''Xinggun River'' (興衮河) in Chinese. At its mouth is the village of Tyr which was a Chinese fort during the

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and Qing dynasties.

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