Amgun River
Catchment area of the Amgun
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The 723 km long Amgun (Russian Амгунь ) is a left tributary of the Amur River in the Russian Far East ( Asia).
The Amgun arises on the eastern flank of the Burejagebirges in 590 m height from the headwaters Ajakit and Suluk (also Choluk ). It first flows about 200 km in a valley partly mountainous character between Burejagebirge and Badschalgebirge, in northeastern directions. Later, the valley widens, the river forms in the Taiga overgrown, swampy area west of the Amur a plurality of arms and meanders. Finally, the Amgun towards the settlement Tyr above Nikolaievsk opens with a several hundred square kilometers of inland delta in the lower reaches of the Amur. At its entire length of Amgun flows through the territory of Khabarovsk Krai.
The catchment area of 55,500 km ² comprises Amgun. About 193 km from the mouth is the average flow rate of 550 m³ / s From June to September the river is flooding with frequent flooding.
Near the mouth of the main arm of the river is about 350 m wide and 8 m deep, the flow velocity is 0.5 m / s The main tributaries are, from left Merek ( Мерек ), Nilan ( Нилан ) Nimelen ( Нимелен ) and Somnja ( Сомня ), from right Badschal ( Баджаль ) and Duki ( Дуки ). In the valley of Amgun, especially of the lower reaches, there are about 2500 lakes with a total area of 647 km ².
On Amgun there are no cities, most places are the villages Berjosowy and Selo imeni Poliny Ossipenko ( Rajonverwaltungszentrum ).
Along the Amgun above about 200 km, between the stations MOGDy (near lava flow from Ajakit and Suluk ) and Postyschewo ( at Berjosowy ) the route of the Ostabschnittes the Baikal- Amur Mainline (BAM ). Here, the river is crossed four times; three of the bridges are almost 500 meters long.
The Amgun freezes from late October to early May. The lower 300 km from the mouth are navigable, but not used for the regular inland waterways. The river is rich in fish ( chum salmon, pink salmon, sturgeon, common carp, etc.). He is also one of the main breeding grounds of rare shed sawyer.