Bira (river)
River in Russia
48°58′48″N 131°41′02″E / 48.98000°N 131.68389°E / 48.98000; 131.68389 • coordinates
The Bira (Russian: Бира) is a river in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. The name derives from the Jurchen and Manchu word bira meaning "river". It is 261 kilometres (162 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 9,580 square kilometres (3,700 sq mi).[1] It is one of the largest, left tributaries of the Amur.
Some of the cities that lie along the river are Birakan, Teploozyorsk, Londoko, Bira, Birobidzhan[2] and Nadezhdinskoye.
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