National Geographic - Amur- Asia's Amazon Series 1 (2015) Part 3 Khans Kingdom

Amur- Asia’s Amazon

This is a visual and dramatic journey of discovery along the mighty Amur River, an expedition into a lost and exotic world. The journey is divided into three episodes, each reflecting the changing face of the landscape and its wildlife. Every episode captures the character of a particular territory, with self-contained stories of the natural world and its exotic diversity. The series also gives context by its insights into the traditional communities of humans who have learned to survive in such a remote and harsh environment.

Part 3 Khans Kingdom

Moving upstream into Mongolia, the itinerary of the series leaves behind the boreal woodland wilderness of China’s extreme North and Siberia’s south to follow the Amur’s two westernmost tributaries across the planet’s vastest wild grasslands. These twin rivers are the Amur’s headwaters. Although they spring from the same mountain – the birthplace and burial ground of Genghis Khan – and then join to form the Amur River, they are an unequal pair, reacting differently to long-term climatic cycles – the rhythmic expansion and contraction of the Gobi desert.

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