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Record 1 2007-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

The most important waterway in the far-eastern part of Russia is the Amur River. It is formed by the union of the Argun and Shilka rivers. For 1,100 miles (1,800 kilometers) the river provides a natural boundary between Russia to the north and the People's Republic of China to the south. It then flows some 650 miles (1,050 kilometers) northeastward across Russia to the Tatar Strait ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

[...] fleuve [...] formé par la réunion de la Chilka et de l'Argoun. Il matérialise aujourd'hui la frontière entre la Russie et la Chine sur presque 1600 km avant de recevoir le Songhua Jiang et l'Oussouri et d'entrer définitivement en Russie où il se jette dans le détroit de Tartarie, sur la mer d'Okhotsk en face de l'île de Sakhaline.

Spanish

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