Sungari

The eastern section from Vladivostock—which crosses the Manchurian frontier at San-Ch'a-kou and will pass a few miles to the north of Ninguta, go westward to Yi-mien-p'o, and northwest to A-shih-ho, leaving that town on its left—will join the southern section on the south bank of the Sungari. The junction is really effected at a place called Ha-êrh-pin (Harbin), some 6 miles to the south of the river.

1900, Consular Reports: Commerce, Manufactures, Etc., volume 62, Government Printing Office, page 410

From Ha-êrh-pin north-east to Hulan, Tsitsihar, and Stretensk two serious difficulties have to be overcome. The first is the bridging of the Sungari, which, owing to its extended breadth in summer, will require a bridge some 2,800 feet in length. The second is the passage of the Hsing-an range, which will necessitate in many places cuttings 80 feet deep and of considerable length, but no tunnelling.

1900 March [1899 May 8], Alex Hosie, “Consul Hosie to Mr. Bax-Ironside”, in Further Correspondence Respecting the Affairs of China, number 195, London: Harrison and Sons, →OCLC, page 154

The great Manchurian Central Plain, comprising about 120,000 square miles, is the most densely populated portion. It is drained by the Liao and Sungari rivers. The South Manchurian Railway follows its eastern margin from the Gulf of Liaotung to Changchun. East of the plain to the boundary of Chosen lie the East Manchurian mountains (Changpaishan), a region of moderate relief, including about 120,000 square miles. Northeast of the plain and between the Sungari, Nonni and Amur rivers is another mountainous area, the little Khingan region, covering nearly 60,000 square miles.

1933, H. Foster Bain, Ores and Industry in the Far East: The Influence of Key Mineral Resources on the Development of Oriental Civilization, revised and enlarged edition, New York: Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., page 130

Beyond a tall gateway of horseshoe-shaped ice blocks on the high road, the Sungari River turns into a huge playground. At an ice-walled slide that shoots down the steep bank, revelers sit on woven mats or stand in street shoes for careening descents to the frozen water.

1989 December 24, Moana Tregaskis, “Crystalline Ice Fantasies In Frozen Manchuria”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2015, page 2

In the distant past, between A.D. 1122 and 1234, the Jürchen had conquered northern China and combined it with their own territory under the name of Jin—or "golden"—dynasty. After their defeat in 1234, they had retreated northward to the Sungari River region, but by the late Ming they were once more pressing on the borders of China and Korea.

1990, Jonathan D. Spence, The Search for Modern China, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 26