Editing Songhua River (section)

==Geography==
The Songhua rises south of [[Heaven Lake]], near the [[China]]-[[North Korea]] border.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

From there it flows north, to be interrupted by the [[Baishan Dam|Baishan]], [[Hongshi Dam|Hongshi]] and [[Fengman Dam|Fengman]] [[hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] dams. The Fengman Dam forms a lake that stretches for {{convert|62|km|mi|sp=us}}. Below the dam, the Second Songhua flows north through [[Jilin]], then northwest until it is joined by its largest tributary, the [[Nen River]], near [[Da'an, Jilin|Da'an]], to create the Songhua proper.

The Songhua turns east through [[Harbin]], and after the city, it is joined from the south by the [[Ashi River]], and then by the [[Hulan River]] from the north.

A new dam was constructed in 2007 near [[Bayan County|Bayan]] (50&nbsp;km northeast of [[Harbin]]), creating the Dadingshan Reservoir,<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://www.transrivers.org/2012/570/
 |title=Dadingzishan reservoir – will it have a happy future?
 |date=2012-04-10
 |website=Transrivers
 |publisher=China Daily
 |access-date=2019-10-17
 }}</ref> which is named after the scenic area on the south bank ({{zh|t=大頂山 |p=dàdǐngshān |l=Big Topped Mountain}}).

The river flows onward through [[Jiamusi]] and south of the [[Lesser Xing'an]] Range, to eventually join the Amur at [[Tongjiang, Heilongjiang]].

The river freezes from late November until March. It has its highest flows when the mountain snow melts during the spring thaw. The river is [[navigable]] up to Harbin by medium-sized ships. Smaller craft can navigate the Songhua up to [[Jilin]] and the Nen River up to [[Qiqihar]].

Cities along the river include:
* [[Jilin City|Jilin]]
* [[Harbin]]
* [[Jiamusi]]