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Songhua

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Songhua (sng`hwä`) or Sungari (sn`gä`rē`), river of NE China, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) long, rising in the Changbai Mts., Jilin prov., and flowing generally north, through Heilongjiang prov., to the Amur River on the China-Russia border. It is the northernmost river system in China and forms a main gateway to the S Manchurian plain. The Songhua, which passes the cities of Jilin and Harbin, is navigable for most of its length, and it is an important trade artery in a rich agricultural region. Fengman Dam (completed 1946) was built by the Japanese above Jilin and forms a huge reservoir.
Songhua
a river in NE China, rising in SE Jilin province and flowing north and northeast to the Amur River near Tongjiang: the chief river of Manchuria and largest tributary of the Amur; frozen from November to April. Length: over 1300 km (800 miles)


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18) Li Haiqing, a well-known bandit chief along the Songhua [Sungari] River, came from Shandong.
On November 13, an explosion at a chemical plant in Jilin Province dumped 100 tons of toxic benzene compounds into the Songhua River.
This is the result of a successful demonstration of the zNose(R) for monitoring and analysis of contaminated water in December, 2005, due to a chemical plant explosion near Songhua River in northeastern China.
 
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