See also:

• AMUR
• AMUR (known also as the Sakhalin-ula)

AMUR (known also as the See also:

• SAKHALIN, or SAGHALIEN

Sakhalin-ula)  , a See also:

• RIVER

river of eastern See also:

• ASIA

Asia, formed by the confluence of the Argun and the Shilka, at Ust-Stryelka, in 530 19' N. See also:

• LAT

lat. and 120° 30' E. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . Both these See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers come from the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west: the Argun, or Kerulen as it is called above See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Kulun (Dalai-nor), through which it flows about See also:

• HALF

half way between its source and Ust-Stryelka, rises in 49° N. lat. and 109° E. long.; the Shilka is formed by the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the Onon and the Ingoda, both of which have their See also:

• SOURCES

sources a little farther See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east than the Kerulen (Argun) . The See also:

• AMUR
• AMUR (known also as the Sakhalin-ula)

Amur proper flows at first in a south-easterly direction for about 800 m., as far as long . 132' E., separating See also:

• MANCHURIA

Manchuria from the Amur See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government; it then turns to the north-east, cuts its way through the Little See also:

• KHINGAN

Khingan mountains in a See also:

• GORGE

gorge 2000 ft. wide and 140 M. long, and after a See also:

• TOTAL

total course of over 1700 M. discharges into the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea of See also:

• OKHOTSK, SEA OF

Okhotsk, opposite to the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• SAKHALIN, or SAGHALIEN

Sakhalin . It is estimated to drain an See also:

• AREA

area of 772,000 sq. m. its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal tributaries from the south are the Sungari, which the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese consider to be the true See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-river of the Amur, and the Usuri; from the north it receives the Oldoi, Zeya, Bureya, Kur, Gorin and Amgun . As the mouth is choked with sandbanks, goods are disembarked at See also:

• MARIINSK

Mariinsk and carried by See also:

• TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train (9 m.) to See also:

• ALEXANDROVSK

Alexandrovsk at the head of the Gulf of Tartary . See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

Navigation on the river is open from See also:

• APRIL

April to See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November . See T . W . See also:

• ATKINSON, EDWARD (1827—1905)
• ATKINSON, SIR HARRY ALBERT (1831—1892)

Atkinson, Travels in the Region of the Amoor (186o); See also:

• COLLINS, ANTHONY (1676-1729)
• COLLINS, JOHN CHURTON (1848-1908)
• COLLINS, MORTIMER (1827-1876)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1721-1759)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1787–1847)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM WILKIE (1824–1889)

Collins, Exploration of the Amoor (ed . 1864) and Voyage down the Amoor (1866) ; See also:

• ANDREE, KARL (1808-1875)
• ANDREE, SALOMON AUGUST (1854-1897 ?)

Andree, See also:

• DES

Des Amurgebiet (ed . 1876) ; and Grum-Grshimaylo, See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of the Amur (See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian, 1894) .