Songhua River

The Songhua east of Harbin

The Songhua (Chinese松花江, Pinyin Songhua Jiang, Manchurian Sunggari ula, also known by its Russian name Sungari Сунгари ) is an approximately 1927 km long river in China ( East Asia ).

It rises in the Changbai Mountains near the Chinese-North Korean border and flows through the northeast of China - first toward the northwest and then to the northeast. Thus, the water flows on its course through Manchuria, among others, by the millions Harbin City. Finally, the Songhua Jiang empties into the Sino- Russian border river Heilong Jiang (Russian Amur ), the most important tributary it represents.

His longest tributary is the Nen Jiang. The section of the Songhua above the confluence, which flows to the northwest, in contrast to later, west -east river course from the southeast, is also called Di'er ( "Second " ) Songhua Jiang.

The Songhua River is dammed in the Baishan Dam and in the Fengman Dam to reservoirs.

History

On 13 November 2005, the Songhua with benzene ( carcinogenic) and nitrobenzene was contaminated after a series of explosions at a chemical plant in Jilin. According to official sources about 100 tons of benzene were discharged into the river. Since many cities on the Songhua obtain the drinking water from him, threatened a toxic hazard for the population and the water supply had to be stopped temporarily. This is something the city of Harbin was affected.