The Songhuajiang River is crucial to the economy and society of Northeast China, thanks to its contribution to industry, agriculture, inland navigation, and people’s life.
The Songhuajiang River is the largest tributary of the Heilongjiang River in China. The river is fed by dozens of large and small tributaries such as theToudaojiang, Erdaojiang, Huifahe, Yinmahe, Nenjiang, and Mudanjiang rivers. It runs northwestwards from where it originates, the Heaven Pool in the Changbai Mountains, until converging with the Nenjiang River near Sanchahe in Fuyu County. And then the river, now called the mainstream of the Songhuajiang River, turns eastwards and finally joins the Heilongjiang River near Tongjiang. Along its 1,927km-long route, the Songhuajiang River has a drainage area of about 550,000km2 across Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang provinces, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The Songhuajiang River area hosts overlapping mountains covered by primeval forests. In fact, it has China's largest forest area that stores 1 billion cubic meters of timber in the Greater Khingan Range, the Lesser Khingan Range, and the Changbai Mountains. The area also has fertile soil that produces soya, corn, broomcorn and wheat. As to the river itself, the Songhuajiang is one of the large freshwater fishing grounds in Northeast China, supplying more than 40 million kilograms of carp, crucian, Huso dauricus, and Hucho taimen every year.
The information is provided by presentation of "Songliao Basin" from China National Petroleum Corporation.
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