Amur River estuary

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The Amur River estuary is the broad, low-lying mouth of the Amur River where it empties into the Sea of Okhotsk in the Russian Far East, forming an important ecological and fisheries region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amur River estuary canonical 2
Amur estuary 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river estuary ⓘ
wetland area ⓘ
climate subarctic ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
ecoregion Sea of Okhotsk coastal ecoregion ⓘ
emptiesInto Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
environmentalConcern habitat degradation ⓘ
overfishing risk ⓘ
pollution from upstream industrial activities ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween mainland Russian Far East and Sakhalin Island region ⓘ
hasCharacteristic brackish water ⓘ
broad ⓘ
high sediment load ⓘ
low-lying ⓘ
seasonal ice cover ⓘ
shallow ⓘ
tidally influenced ⓘ
hasUse commercial fisheries ⓘ
habitat for anadromous fish ⓘ
habitat for migratory birds ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
subsistence fisheries ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
hydrologicalFeature mixing zone of river and sea waters ⓘ
strong seasonal freshwater discharge ⓘ
isImportantFor biodiversity conservation ⓘ
nursery grounds for marine species ⓘ
regional fisheries economy ⓘ
locatedIn Khabarovsk Krai ⓘ
Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to: Russia Far East

Sakhalin Oblast ⓘ
mouthOf Amur River ⓘ
near Nikolayevsk-on-Amur ⓘ
Sakhalin Island ⓘ
Tatar Strait ⓘ
partOf Amur River basin ⓘ
Sea of Okhotsk coastal zone ⓘ
subjectTo coastal erosion ⓘ
sedimentation ⓘ
spring floods ⓘ
winter freezing ⓘ
supportsSpecies Pacific salmon ⓘ
herring ⓘ
shorebirds ⓘ
smelt ⓘ
waterfowl ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tatar Strait → locatedSouthOf → Amur River estuary ⓘ
Nivkh → traditionalRegion → Amur estuary ⓘ
linked to: Amur River estuary
Strait of Tartary → locatedNear → Amur River estuary ⓘ
Nevelskoy Strait → locatedNear → Amur estuary ⓘ
linked to: Amur River estuary