Songhua River

River in China

Songhua River
Oxbow lakes are common sights along the sides of the river.
Native name	ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ ᡠᠯᠠ (Manchu) sunggari ula (Manchu)
Location
Country	People's Republic of China
Provinces	Jilin, Heilongjiang
Physical characteristics
Source	Changbai Mountains
• location	Antu County, Jilin
• coordinates	42°02′06″N 128°16′37″E / 42.035°N 128.277°E / 42.035; 128.277
• elevation	1,412 m (4,633 ft)
Amur
• location	Tongjiang, Heilongjiang
• coordinates	47°41′56″N 132°31′03″E / 47.699°N 132.5176°E / 47.699; 132.5176
• elevation	44 m (144 ft)
Length	1,897 km (1,179 mi)[1]
Basin size	557,180 km2 (215,130 sq mi)[3]
Discharge
• location	Tongjiang, China (near mouth)
• average	76.2 km3/a (2,410 m3/s) to 81.77 km3/a (2,591 m3/s).[2][1]
Basin features
Progression	Mudanjiang

Songhua River
Hanyu Pinyin		Hǎixī

Manchu nameManchu scriptᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ ᡠᠯᠠRomanization

The Songhua or Sunghwa River (also Haixi or Xingal, Russian: Сунгари Sungari) is one of the primary rivers of China, and the longest tributary of the Amur. It flows about 1,897 km (1,179 mi)^[1] from Changbai Mountains on the China–North Korea border through China's northeastern Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces.

The river drains 557,180 km² (215,130 sq mi) of land, and has an annual discharge of 76.2 km³/a (2,410 m³/s) to 81.77 km³/a (2,591 m³/s).^[4][1][3]

The extreme flatness of the

The Songhua rises south of Heaven Lake, near the China-North Korea border.^{[citation needed]}

From there it flows north, to be interrupted by the Baishan, Hongshi and Fengman hydroelectric dams. The Fengman Dam forms a lake that stretches for 62 kilometers (39 mi). Below the dam, the Second Songhua flows north through Jilin, then northwest until it is joined by its largest tributary, the Nen River, near Da'an, to create the Songhua proper.

The Songhua turns east through Harbin, and after the city, it is joined from the south by the Ashi River, and then by the Hulan River from the north.

A new dam was constructed in 2007 near Bayan (50 km northeast of Harbin), creating the Dadingshan Reservoir,^[5] which is named after the scenic area on the south bank (Chinese: 大頂山; pinyin: dàdǐngshān; lit. 'Big Topped Mountain').

The river flows onward through

• Jilin
• Harbin
• Jiamusi

In November 2005, the river was

• Geography of China
• Mudanjiang River
• "Along the Songhua River", a Chinese patriotic song

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