terrain and climate Amur Region - Terrain and climate Nearly sixty percent of the land in the Amur Region is covered with mountains. The low ranges extend into the Amur's northern and eastern parts, with some ranges rising up to 2,312 meters. The central and southern parts of the Amur plains average heights of 200 to 500 meters above sea level, where the majority of the population lives. The region has a moderate climate within forty-nine and fifty-seven degrees in the northern latitudes. One might say that the climate is unique. This region is where the continental winds and monsoon streams meet. This meeting of the elements can not be found anywhere else in the world at the same latitude. One viewpoint is that the Amur Region changes sharply in extreme temperature throughout each day and year, which ranges from forty-two degrees Celsius in the summer to fifty-eight degrees below zero in the winter. However, this region also receives plenty of sunshine and water, which allows the cultivation of several different kinds of crops - which include opportunities for growing watermelon and other melons. Most of the days of the year on the Amur terrain are sunny and calm. The average air temperature fluctuates between 20.7 and 17.6 degrees Celsius in July and between -27.6 to -32.8 degrees Celsius in January. For 121 to 139 days the Zeya-Bureya region is free of frost, which makes it the main farming land of the Far East. The growing season lasts anywhere from 115 to 134 days, during this time the temperature is ten degrees or higher. The winter months in the Amur are dry and have little snow. For example, ninety to ninety-two percent of the bodies of water are warm. Most of the water falls in the mountainous areas in the Eastern regions. Up to 800 millimeters of rain can fall each year. Nearing the western borders the climate becomes drier.