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KNAAPO Komsomolsk na Amure Aviation Industrial Association named after Gagarin - Russian Defense Industry The Aircraft Association is one of the major exporters of the Krai. Khabarovsky Krai is washed by the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan. The marshy Middle-Amur Plain is situated on both sides of the Amur River, which is one of the longest rivers in Russia. www.fas.org /nuke/guide/russia/industry/knaapo.htm   (909 words)

Amur Case Amur river is one of the largest rivers in North East Asia. Amur wetland complex is a place of fish shoals reproduction and the most important migratory corridor for millions of birds. Amur and its flood-lands have a major meaning as a habitat, migratory corridors and a nest place of richest fish shoals. www.american.edu /ted/amur.htm   (4383 words)

Kommersant - Russia's Daily Online Large-scale migration of Transbaikal Cossacks to the Amur lowlands in 1854 hastened the annexation of the Priamurye region to Russia. The ecological situation in Amur Region is not critical compared to most other Russian regions, but it is still acute, mainly as a result of chemical contamination of the soil, air and water pollution, systematic damage to the land, exhaustion of resources, and forest degradation. The condition of Amur Region's biological resources (plant and animal life) is considered satisfactory, although a slow but steady decrease in populations and a reduction in the number of wildlife species are observed, along with a reduction in forest area and deterioration of forest quality. www.kommersant.com /t-34/r_5/n_377/Amur_Region   (3485 words)

Khabarovsky Krai - Regional Profile from the Russian American Chamber of Commerce® Khabarovsky Krai is washed by the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan, the coastline extension is 3390 km. The Krai Duma implements the legislative regulation on the subjects referred to the jurisdiction of the Krai and, within its authority, on the subjects referred to the joint jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and the Krai. Cattle and pigs are bred throughout the Krai, with reindeer being bred primarily in the north. www.russianamericanchamber.org /regions/Khabarovsky.html   (5449 words)

Russia - Amur - RussiaTrek.com The Amur River, which extends along 1,246 kilometers of the southern border of the Far East is the official dividing line between China and Russia. The Amur Region is in the eighth time zone east of the Prime Meridian and is 1,200 kilometers from the temperate Japanese Ocean. Nearly sixty percent of the land in the Amur Region is covered with mountains. www.russiatrek.com /r_amur.shtml   (789 words)

AMUR — AMUR (Russian Far East) Leopards The Amur (Far Eastern) leopard, Panthera Pardus Orientalis, is the rarest big cat in the world and yet is still a relatively unknown species of leopard outside of its homeland in Russia. The Amur leopard is recognizable by longer fur for winter warmth, a very 'bushy' tail and ’open’ rosettes characterize its coat. The main prey species of the Amur leopard are roe and sika deer along with hares and badgers. www.amur.org.uk /leopards.shtml   (684 words)

CIDA / McGregor Model Forest Russian Project ~ About Khabarovsk Krai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) The krai borders with China along the Us-sun river and the Amurskaya branch, its nearest Russian neighbors are the Primorsky krai, the Amurskaya, the Magadanskaya and the Jewish Autonomous oblasts and the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. About 3/4 of the krai area are mountains and plateaus from 500 to 2,000 m high in the west, 700 — 1,400 in the south-east and 800—2,500 m in its north. The coniferous forests of the Khabarovsky krai are inhabited by the hoofed animals (elk, reindeer, boar, Siberian roe, musk deer), fur-bearing animals (sable, Siberian weasel, fox, squirrel, muskrat, river otter, brown bear, wolf, etc.), the north is habitat to northern deer, ermine, skunk bear. www.mcgregor.bc.ca /russian_activities/about.htm   (925 words)

Khabarovsk Krai Komsomolsk-na-Amure[?] is the iron and steel center of the Far East; a pipeline from northern Sakhalin supplies the petroleum-refining industry in the city of Khabarovsk. The capital city, Khabarovsk, is at the junction of the Amur River and the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Khabarovsk Krai shares its borders with Chukotka[?] Autonomous National Area on the north, with Sakha Republic and Amur Oblast on the west, with the People's Republic of China and Primorye Krai[?] on the south, while being limited by the Sea of Okhotsk on the east. www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/kh/Khabarovsk_Krai.html   (223 words)

Wikipedia: Amur The Amur (Chinese: Heilong Jiang 黑龙江 or 黑龍江, literal meaning: "Black Dragon River", Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning: "Black River") is one of the world's ten largest rivers. The Amur is bordered by Heilongjiang Province and Khabarovsk Krai, and passes through the following cities: The Amur leopard is an endangered species; it is estimated that there are less than 50 leopards left in the wild. www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/a/am/amur.html   (195 words)

Travel East Russia - Khabarovski Krai In the east the Khabarovski Krai is bordered by the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Ohotsk. Russian exploration of the Krai began with the expeditions of Ivan Moskvitin (1639-43) along the Sea of Japan and with the Amur River surveys by Vasily Poyarkov, Erofey Khabarov, Onufriy Stepanov and Nikifor Chenigovskiy between 1645 and 1689. Khabarovsk, population of 690,000, is the capital of the Khabarovski Krai and is a major crossroads of air, railroad and river travel. www.traveleastrussia.com /khabarovski.html   (1844 words)

KNAAPO Komsomolsk na Amure Aviation Industrial Association named after Gagarin - Russian The Aircraft Association is one of the major exporters of the Krai. Khabarovsky Krai is washed by the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan. The marshy Middle-Amur Plain is situated on both sides of the Amur River, which is one of the longest rivers in Russia. www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/russia/knaapo.htm   (921 words)

Khabarovsk Krai Government site - Tourism and Recreation - The Amur river The Amur river flows across 6 regions of the Khabarovsk Territory: Khabarovsky, Nanaisky, Amursky, Komsomolsky, Ulchsky and Nikolaevsky. The biggest tributaries of the Amur river within the Khabarovsk Territory are Amgun, Anuy, Tunguska, Bureya and Ussuri. The valley of the Amur river in Khabarovsk Territory is characterized by a large variety of nature, presence of archeological and historical objects. www.adm.khv.ru /invest2.nsf/pages/common/amur_en.htm   (362 words)

Amur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) The Amur River (Russian: Амур; Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江; Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江; pinyin: HÄ“ilóng Jiāng, or "Black Dragon River"; Mongolian: Хара-Мурэн, Khara-Muren or "Black River"; Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning "Black River") is Earth's eighth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Manchuria in China. Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur used to be the longest in Imperial Russia and Eurasia. The Amur is bordered by Heilongjiang province of China in the south, and Amur Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, and Khabarovsk Krai of Russia in the north. enc.qba73.com /link-Amur   (538 words)

Komsomol'sk-na-Amure / Komsomolsk-na-Amur The Amur shipbuilding plant, founded in 1932, built 270 vessels for the Soviet Union's Pacific fleet, specialising in nuclear and diesel submarines. The barge-mounted facility, 65 by 23.5 meters (213 by 77 feet) long with a draft of 6.6 meters (22 feet), was designed in Russia and fabricated at the Amur shipyard in Komsomolsk-na-Amur, Russia, which formerly built nuclear submarines. Khabarovsky Krai is the most industrialized territory of the Far East of Russia, producing 30% of the total industrial products in the Far Eastern Economic Region. www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/russia/komsomolsk-na-amur.htm   (1217 words)

About The Amur State University (ASU) is situated in Blagoveshchensk - the capital of the Amur Region that occupies about 391,900 square kilometers in the Far East of Russia. The Amur Region is often called the "Granary" of the Russian Far East as a half of all of the Russian Far East's arable lands is concentrated here. The library is united with publishers and along with research materials they publish a newspaper called "Amur State University" as well as a scientific journal "The Amur State University Herald". www.amursu.ru /amursu/about.shtml   (787 words)

[No title] Education: Compile a library of fundamental information on the Amur tiger and its habitat; Promote a respectful, solicitous attitude to the Amur tiger and its habitat, to the environment and culture in general, to instill a sense of responsibility to be personally involved in solving environmental and biodiversity problems. Khabarovskii Krai is as far north as one will ever find a tiger in the wild anywhere in the world and despite the extremes of climate and habitat, the region offers ample genetic material to replenish a tiger population in China. Wildlife managers confirm that an Amur tiger's average daily ration, in the wild, is 12-14 kg of meat for an adult male, and 10-12 kg for a female or a yearling cub. www.wf.ru /prog-eng-tiger.doc   (19516 words)

Amur Leopards Second, Amur tigers coexist with amur leopards, which are also critically endangered. Recognizing the importance of hunters in determining the fate of Amur leopards and tigers, WCS has launched a wide-scale program aimed at improving wildlife management in hunting leases, and reducing conflicts between leopards, tigers, and people. Data are needed in a number of areas including habitat use and movements, particularly in relation to international boundaries and development projects, reproductive rates, incidence of disease, the degree of inbreeding within the population, and conflicts between leopards and tigers. www.wcs.org /international/Asia/russia/Amurleopard   (953 words)

Khabarovsk Krai Government site - Tourism and Recreation - News - Ecological tourists from the US will visit the ... Khabarovsk krai is - one of the largest and unique regions of Russia on natural resources, variety of flora and fauna. The Amur river is the main sight of the krai in which valley the greatest amount of natural, cultural - historical, tourist objects is concentrated. The reception of the given group in the Khabarovsk krai was organized be the Association of ecological tourism. www.adm.khv.ru /invest2.nsf/7deff3907bd6c261ca2569c20001dbcd/616300d65a22fa6cca256ed200270bd0?OpenDocument   (552 words)

Amur krai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Dauria. Amur krai or Priamurye (Russian: Аму́рский край, Приамурье) were unofficial names for the Russian territories by the Amur River used in the late Imperial Russia. It approximately corresponds to the modern Amur Oblast. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amur_krai   (153 words)

WWF - Amur (Siberian) tiger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Amur tiger in rehabilitation center near Khabarovsk (located at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers).Khabarovsk Krai Territory. In the 1940s the Amur tiger was on the brink of extinction, with no more than 40 tigers remaining in the wild. A typical male Amur tiger, the largest of the tiger subspecies, may weigh more than 250 kg and measure nearly three meters from nose to tip of the tail. www.panda.org /about_wwf/what_we_do/species/our_solutions/endangered_species/tigers/amur_tiger/index.cfm   (354 words)

SEND International Christian World Missions He was instrumental in expanding and consolidating Russian influence in the Amur River region, in 1858 negotiating the Treaty of Aigun that set the Russian-Chinese border at the Amur River. In 1685 Russia surrendered the Amur River region to China, and the Manchu emperor demanded a Russian promise “never again to invade China’s frontiers.” But almost before the emperor turned his back, Russians were returning to the river valley. The Russians demanded that the Amur River be recognized as the border between China and Russia, but China prevailed and the border was drawn between Nerchinsk and Albazin. www.send.org /fer/history.htm   (1365 words)

Myslenkov A.I., Voloshina I.V. Sexual behaviour of Amur goral. The Amur goral performs mainly all the same behavioural patterns as the Himalayan Goral, but has a different pattern "stroking of the female's head", which is unique among Caprinae. The latter is typical for the Amur Goral. The Amur Goral lives under more severe climatic conditions in Primorsky Krai than other subspecies of gorals, but it exhibits territoriality which is typical for species inhabiting areas with greater diversity and productivity of primary production. www.tigers.ru /web_inna/sex_goral.html   (1968 words)

Travel East Russia - Amur Oblast The Amur Oblast is a small territory on the left upper corner of the Khabarovski Krai and is bordered by Yakutia to the north. The territory is also crossed by the Amur River, which is the natural border with China. The Zeya, Amur and Buraya rivers form a cradle for the highest biodiversity in the Amur Region - the Zeysko-Burenskaya Plain. www.traveleastrussia.com /amur.html   (570 words)

Sector 3 At present, the total area of Amurskiy Krai (Amur Region) is nearly 400,000 square kilometers, roughly the size of a small European country like Poland. In the South it is defined by the Amur River, 1,246 kilometers long, which is also the official border between China and Russia. Established in 1858, Blagoveshchensk is the capital of Amurskiy Krai (Amur Region) with a poulation of over 220,000. www.theworldrace.com /route/sector_3.htm   (436 words)

International Market Research - Aquaculture in the Russian Far East According to the TINRO Center, from 1986 to 1995 the annual Kamchatka crab catch in Primorsky Krai has fallen to 1/30th of its amount, in the North Kuriles to 1/20th, in the South Kuriles 1/49th, and in the area of Southwest and Southeast Sakhalin fewer than 1/10th. The sea cucumber resources in Primorsky Krai have decreased to 16-20% of the stock that existed in the 1960s with the majority of the current stock consisting of species weighing in 40-60 gram range, which is far from the consumable size. Salmon, wild carp, sterlet, Siberian and Amur sturgeon, Amur catfish, kaluga, fl Amur bream, Amur snakehead, and fine-scaled yellowfin are species bred in the river-based farms in the RFE. strategis.ic.gc.ca /epic/internet/inimr-ri.nsf/en/gr124181e.html   (5591 words)

[No title] The Amur tiger census was fulfilled in Primorskij and Khabarovskij krai's in November 1995 through February 1996 sponsored by Environmental Policies andTechnologies (EPT USA) project and WWF Germany. I.O. Suslov (Primorskij krai's Hunting Departement) helped to coordinate the work with the krai's administration, at the same time organizing survey of boar and elk which are main food for tiger. Almost all the Amur tiger population today lives in the territory of Primorskij and Khabarovskij krai's. www.tigers.ru /articles/t_news_e.html   (1171 words)

Khabarovsk-Online. Investment Proposal, Construction01 Khabarovsk Krai is the mountainous territory with few different climatic zones. It has reduced economic dependence of Krai from Central Russia (today only 15% of products are imported by railroad from Russia) and increased its dependence on the Asian-Pacific markets. The population of the Russian Far East and Khabarovsk Krai was formed by the mixture of settlers from other regions of Russia and much influenced by historic events. www.angelfire.com /ks/dvrussia/info.html   (3093 words)

Pacific Environment : Siberia-Pacific Oil Pipeline: Economic and Environmental Impact and Risks of an Oil ... Of all the alternatives examined by specialists, Perevoznaya on the Amur Bay is the worst possible spot for an oil terminal. Strong winds and fog are common in the Amur Bay, and the bay is large, open and shallow. One of the endangered animals found only in Southwest Primorsky Krai is the Amur leopard; with a population of about 35, the Amur leopard is probably the world’s rarest big cat. www.pacificenvironment.org /article.php?id=376   (865 words)

Numbers, Distribution and Habitat Status of The Amur Tiger Amur tiger is distinguishable by a number of morphological and The Amur tiger census was conducted in the winter of 1995-1996 on Thus, the territory of Khabarovsk Krai was inhabited by 45-50 forests.org /archive/europe/numamur.htm   (8499 words)

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