Title:Amur-AmazonofAsiaOriginalname:Amur-AsiensAmazonasReleaseyear:2015Genre:DocumentaryDirector:KlausFeichtenberger/KlausFeichtenberger,FranzHafner/FranzHafnerCast:FranzRobertWagner/FranzRobertWagnerDescription:AfilmfromtheTerraMaterseries(E180-E182)showingandtellingaboutoneofthegreatestriversofourplanetAmur.Thefilmwasshotinthreecountries:Russia,ChinaandMongolia.Initwecanseetheriveritselfandtheanimalandplantworld,aswellaspeoplelivingalongitsbanks.Thisisathree-partseries,anepicjourneyalongtheAmuranditstributaries,richwildlife,intoanamazingandexoticworld.Uniquecharactersofthelower,middleanduppertributariesoftheAmurareshown-andyes,theseareseparateworlds.TheAmurbasinliesinNortheastAsia,inChinaitiscalledHeilongjiang.The1stepisodeshowstheFarEast.ThecoastaldeltaoftheAmurisoneoftherichestecosystemsonEarth.LakeOkhotskservesasahomeforavarietyofarcticandsubtropicalspecies.ThelandoftheRussianFarEastisauniquemeetingplacefornorthernandsouthernplantsandanimals,hometoAmurtigersandleopards.Episode2showsthemiddletributary,theHeilong-jianortheBlackDragonRiver,passesthroughancientManchuriaandformsthenaturalborderbetweenChinaandRussia.Untilrecently,itwasarestrictedmilitaryzoneforpeople.Primevalforestsandlandsofferhabitatsforrarespecies-Chineseturtles,giantsturgeons,Siberiantaimen.Inepisode3,movingupstreamtoMongolia,viewerswillseetheplanet’slargestwildmeadows.SeriesList:S1,Ep180:Amur-AsiensAmazonas:DerferneOsten-FarEastS1,Ep181:Amur-AsiensAmazonas:DerschwarzeDrache-BlackDragonS1,Ep182:Amur-AsiensAmazonas:DieheiligenQuellen-HolysourcesAmur(Chinesetrad.黑龍江,exercise.黑龙江,pinyin:Hēilóng-jiāng,pall.:Heilongjiang)isariverintheFarEastinEastAsia.ItflowsthroughtheterritoryofRussiaandtheborderofRussiaandChina.Length-2824km(fromtheconfluenceofShilkaandArgun).ItfallsintotheSeaofOkhotsk.ThenameoftherivercamefromthecommonbasisfortheTungus-Manchulanguages,“amar”,“damur”-“bigriver”.TheChinesecalledCupid“Heihe”(Chinese.黑河,“BlackRiver”)-“blackriver”,then“Heilongjiang”-(Chinese.黑龙江,“BlackDragonRiver”).Accordingtolegend,inancienttimes,ablackdragon,wholivedintheriverandpersonifiedgood,defeatedtheevil,white,dragon,whodrownedboatsontheriver,preventedpeoplefromfishingandgenerallyattackedanylivingcreature.ThewinnerstayedtoliveatthebottomoftheriverintheareaoftheKhingancheeks,whichisontheborderoftheAmurandJewishAutonomousRegions.Sincethen,thisriverhasbeencalledtheBlackDragonRiver.The“Tail”oftheBlackDragonislocatedinthesteppesofMongoliaandDauria,the“torso”liesinfourRussianregionsandinoneChineseprovince.Twoleft“paws”reachtheStanovoyridge,wherethetributariesoftheAmur-ZeyaandBureyabegin,andtworight“paws”-thetributariesoftheSungariandUssuri-inChinaandPrimorye.The"head"oftheDragonrestsontheSeaofOkhotsk,andhe"drinkswater"oftheTatarStrait.Thelengthofthe"body"oftheBlackDragonfromthe"tail"tothe"head"ismorethan4,500km,andtheareaoftheAmurbasinreaches1.8millionsquaremeters.kmTheMongolscalledAmur"AmurHara-Muren"-"blackwideriver."InManchu,theriveriscalled“Sakhaliyanula”,where“Sakhaliyan”means“black”and“ula”means“water”.TheAmurRiveritselfbeginsaftertheconfluenceoftheShilkaRiver-the"narrowvalley"inEvenkiandArgun-"wide"(ergun)intranslationfromMongolian.