The Amgun ( Russian : Амгу́нь ) is a river in Khabarovsk Krai , Russia that flows northeast and joins the river Amur from the left, 146 km upstream from its outflow into sea. The length of the river is 723 kilometres (449 mi). The area of its basin is 55,500 square kilometres (21,400 sq mi). The Amgun is formed by the confluence of the Ayakit and Suluk . Its main tributary is the Nimelen . The Amgun teems with fish, such as Siberian salmon , humpback salmon , sturgeon , and carp . The Baikal Amur Mainline railway enters the Amgun valley from the Dusse-Alin Tunnel and follows the river 180 kilometres (110 mi) northeast to Beryozovy where it turns southeast to Komsomolsk-on-Amur .
3-598: The Amgun was known as Xinggun River (興衮河) in Chinese. At its mouth is the village of Tyr which was a Chinese fort during the Ming and Qing dynasties. This Khabarovsk Krai location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in the Russian Far East is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tyr, Russia Tyr ( Russian : Тыр )
6-650: Is a settlement in Ulchsky District of Khabarovsk Krai , Russia , located on the right bank of the Amur River , near the mouth of the Amgun River , about 100 kilometers (60 mi) upstream from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur . Tyr has been known as a historically Nivkh ("Gilyak") village, since no later than the mid-19th century. Tyr's main claim to fame is that its location had been visited by both Yuan and Ming dynasty expeditions, which sailed down
9-621: The Sungari and Amur Rivers to establish a foothold in this region. Both times the visitors built temples and monuments on the spectacular Tyr Cliff south of today's settlement. The remains of the Yuan era temple unearthed at the site by modern archaeologists date to the 1260s, while the two Ming temples, built during the Amur expeditions by the admiral eunuch Yishiha , were constructed in 1413 and 1433–1434, respectively. The Ming dynasty stelae and
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