Sunggari

Sunggari is the Manchu name of the Songhua, whose upper waters rise in the Changbai Mountains. Streams descend from the high volcanic country through forested valleys before the river turns north toward the plains. The river's name was recorded in Chinese sources by the Ming period, while Qing accounts placed its origins among the sacred mountains of the dynasty's homeland. Far downstream, the Songhua meets the Amur, carrying the waters of this upland country toward the sea.