The Amur river (known as the Heilong in China) flows for over 4,000km, starting in Mongolia and forming the border between north-east China and south-east Russia. Around it is a vast region of ...

Ben Ehrenreich is the author, most recently, of “Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time.” THE AMUR RIVER Between Russia and China By Colin Thubron 291 pp. Harper. $27.99.

The result is “The Amur River,” whose subject, the world’s 10th longest river, forms the border between Russia and China—“a fault-line,” Mr. Thubron writes, “shrouded in old mistrust.” ...

1. The Amur leopard’s traditional range included parts of four Asian countries. Now this cat is found primarily east of the Stanovoy Range near the Amur River’s terminus, which is in what ...

The Amur River: nearly 3,000 kilometers long and once the meeting ground for Asia’s great empires and peoples, such as the Mongols, the Evenki and the Daurians. Now, I’ve sailed a number of ...

The Amur River belongs to nobody. Amber, a physician’s assistant and wilderness medic from America, was first attracted to the Amur by its remoteness and rare status as a free-flowing river. The ...

Music: River by Balladeste (Tara Franks, cello and Preetha Narayanan, violin) Abridged and produced by Jill Waters. A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2021.

The Amur river (known as the Heilong in China) flows for over 4,000km, starting in Mongolia and forming the border between north-east China and south-east Russia. Around it is a vast region of ...