is formed by the confluence of the Suluk and the Ayakit rivers, their total length with the Suluk river head being 855 km. The Ayakit starts on the Bureinsky Range western slopes at an elevation of 1,188 m; the Suluk rises from the mountain lake of the same name. The main tributaries are the Badjal, the Milan, the Duki, the Nimelen, the Im, the Somnya; they are all fast mountain rivers.
Biodiversity of Amgun river basin is splendid because of presence of Priamurskaya flora and fauna. Amgun and its tributaries are the basic spawning places of humpback salmon, summer and autumn dog salmon (keta), as well as of masu salmon (sima). The Amgun river basin is known as the best habitat for elk and bear in the Krai.
The upper Amgun and its tributaries are in the mountainous country. So scenic are the mountain lakes of Suluk and Omot, residual rocks, numerous rivers (the Dier, the Gremyachy Klyuch, the Vodopadny spring, the riverhead of the upper Kerbi and the Nemilen, the Omot-Makit), waterfalls.
Objects for sports hunting are elk, brown bear, Manchurian deer, roe deer, caribou, goose, duck; for fishing - taimen, lenok, grayling, humpback salmon and dog salmon.
In the Badjal river basin the "Badjalsky" Federal nature preserve is located; in the middle current of Amgun river - the "Oldjikansky" one.
The settlement of Vladimirovka is home for the Negidals, the most small in number nationality of Priamurye known for their distinctive culture.