Songhua River

Songhua River
Songhua River, just west of Harbin. 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)
Mouth	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	Amur→ Sea of Okhotsk
River system	Amur
Tributaries
• left	Nen, Hulan, Tangwang
• right	Mudanjiang

Songhua River
Songhua River is shown in a darkish blue color.
Chinese name
Chinese	松花江
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sōnghuā Jiāng
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	海西
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hǎixī
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ ᡠᠯᠠ
Romanization	sunggari ula

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 Northeast China Plain has caused the river to meander over time, filling the wide plain with oxbow lakes, as remnants of the previous paths of the river.