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Being the origins of Heilongjiang in northeast China, the Ergun River is 1,620 km long (1,007 miles, of which Hailar River 622 kilometers). The River is crossing in the Mongolian plateau northeastern border.The headwaters of rivers source come out from Daxinganling western slope. The Upstream of river were called Hailar River by the local people. The West flow Manchuria to the northeast near the fold is the Argun. Argun River flows through most of the broad valley, the river is clear and less sediment. During the Floods, the part of the flood flow backward into the Hulun pool. Argun River is confluence with the Shilka River near the west of En Mohe Hada for Heilongjiang.

Ergun River is a part of Heilongjiang source, In the Qing Dynasty was called "Room to build River". It is located in the former western border of Heilongjiang Province. It was used to be the northeast of the current Sino-Russian border river for the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Ergun, in Mongolian means "to hand-delivered objects" . The upper reaches of the Argun near the Hailar River, originates from the west side of Daxinganling west flow to the foot of Batu, off the northbound beginning of the Argun side. Mohe County, Heilongjiang Province Argun River to the west of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Ergun flag En hada right near the Shilka until after the confluence of Heilongjiang River. With the total length of about 900 kilometers, Argun is a type of mountain rivers with ice period of 6 months.

In 1689 (twenty-eight years of Qing Emperor Kangxi), China and Russia signed a "Sino-Russian border treaty proposed Nerchinsk", defined as the Sino-Russian border river Argun, the right bank is China, the Left Bank is Russia. Period of late Qing and the Republic of China, Heilongjiang Province, has set up on the right bank of the Argun-based Governance Board and the Jila Lin Shiwei County qiqian County. In 1931, "918" incident, the Japanese colonialists to divide and rule policy, would be Shiwei, qiqian Manchukuo area allocated to the new sub-province of Hung Yen north. 1945, "93" Sino-Japanese War after the victory of the beginning of an autonomous local government Hulunbeier later transferred to Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

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