All chapters:

Introduction

Climate

Waters and water management

Ecosystems and ecoregions

Species diversity and use of biological resources

Nature conservation: econet and protected areas

Countries & cultures

Economy

Land use

International policy

Waters and water management

The total natural lake area of the Amur-Heilong basin is well over 20,000 km².  Russia’s Amur-Heilong River basin has over 25,000 lakes and a total water surface area over 15,000 km² (71% of basin lake area).  The vast majority of these are small floodplain lakes along the Amur and its main tributaries each with surface areas less than 1 km².  The largest lakes in the basin are: Khanka (shared with China), Barun-Torey, Zun-Torey, Bolon, Chukchagir, Evoron, Orel, and Udyl.  China’s portion of the Amur-Heilong River basin has approximately 10,000 lakes with a total area close to 4,500 km².  The largest of these are: Khanka-Xingkai (shared with Russia), Dalai, Buir (shared with Mongolia), Chagan, and Jingpo.
By year-end 2000, there were more than 13,000 reservoirs (storage works) in the China part of the Amur-Heilong basin holding more than 35 km³ of water, or nearly 10% of the annual discharge of the Amur-Heilong River.  Xiaofengman Dam near Jilin City is the oldest large dam on the Second Songhua and at least 20 other dams are now in operation on the Songhua.  Another large dam, Ni’erji dam, was completed in 2005 on the Nen River upstream from Qiqiha’er City.    There are approximately 300 reservoirs in the Russia basin, less than 3% the total number in China.  However, just one of them, the "Zeya Sea," at 68 km³ in volume, exceeds the entire storage volume in all reservoirs in the China portion of the basin.  The Mongolia basin does not have any large reservoirs .

Lakes of Western Amur-Heilong River Basin

Lakes of Eastern Amur-Heilong River Basin