Songhua Jiang
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Songhua Jiang Sungari; Upper course: Di'er Songhua Jiang ( 第二 松花江 ) |
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| location | Heilongjiang , Jilin ( PR China ) | |
| River system | Amur | |
| Drain over | Amur → Tatar Sound | |
| Confluence of | Toudao- ( 头 道 ... "first") and Erdao ("second") Songhua Jiang ( 二 道 松花江 ) in the Baishan dam at Di'er Songhua Jiang ( 第二 松花江 ) 42 ° 37 ′ 44 ″ N , 127 ° 12 '48 " E. |
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| muzzle | near Tongjiang in the Amur ( Heilong Jiang ) coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 22 " N , 132 ° 31 ′ 4" E 47 ° 42 ′ 22 " N , 132 ° 31 ′ 4" E
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| length | 1927 km | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Baishan Dam , Fengman Dam | |
| Big cities | Jilin , Songyuan , Harbin , Jiamusi | |
 The Songhua west of Harbin |
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The Songhua ( Chinese 松花江 , Pinyin Sōnghuā Jiāng , 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 northeast China - first in a north-west direction and then in a north-east direction. Thus, the water flows on its course through Manchuria, among other things through the metropolis of Harbin . Finally, the Songhua Jiang flows into the Sino-Russian border river Heilong Jiang (Russian Amur ) near Tongjiang , of which it is the most important tributary .
Its longest tributary is the Nen Jiang . The section of the Songhua above the confluence, which, in contrast to the later, west-eastern course of the river, flows from the southeast to the northwest, is also called Di'er ("second") Songhua Jiang .
The Songhua is dammed up into reservoirs in the Baishan Dam and the Fengman Dam .
history
On November 13, 2005 , after a series of explosions in a chemical plant in Jilin, Songhua was contaminated with benzene (carcinogenic) and nitrobenzene . According to official information, around 100 tons of benzene were discharged into the river. Since many cities on Songhua get their drinking water from it, there was a risk of poisoning for the population and the water supply had to be temporarily shut down. The metropolis of Harbin was also affected.
