Amur River Region

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Amur River region

The Amur River is also known as the Heilong in China. The river covers parts of Russia, China, and Mongolia, A __________ China and south-east Russia. A large region of grasslands and forests, about 1.85 million sq km in size, is around the river.

The Amur region has some of the world’s most extensive temperate forests. These are forests of a rather mild climate area B __________. Although the region there experiences very cold winters, it still supports a varied wildlife. The forests are home for not just rare animals, but trees like the Korean pine, and wild ginseng, C __________.

The most famous residents of the region include Amur or Siberian tigers, and the last remaining wild population of Amur leopards. Amur leopards are critically endangered D __________.

Amur tigers and Amur leopards are top predators with no natural enemies. They play a great role in keeping a healthy balance of wildlife in their environment. This is very important for the local people, animals, and plants that depend on that.

Many of the forest areas in the Amur region remain largely unchanged, E __________ increasing development and the need for resources. The forests also suffer from frequent fires, natural and man-made. Rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns affect them as well. So, people should be working globally and locally F __________ climate change.