Huma River (Heilongjiang)
The Huma River is a right tributary on the northern loop of the Amur River in China's province of Heilongjiang. It starts in the Greater Khingan Mountains and flows in a general eastern and south-eastern direction, parallel and southwest of the Amur, until falling into the Amur in Huma County, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Huma County's county seat.[1]
Huma River | |
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![]() The Huma (Houmar) River on a map from (1773), the surrounding region labeled Houmari | |
Native name | 呼玛河, Huma he |
Location | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Heilongjiang |
Prefecture | Greater Khingan |
County | Huma County |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Amur |
• coordinates | 51.6096°N 126.6816°E |
Basin features | |
Progression | Amur→ Sea of Okhotsk |
Somewhere near its mouth was the Russian fort of Kumarsk at the time of the Russian–Manchu border conflicts. At the time it was also called "Kamora River" or "Houmar River".
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