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S01E03 - "Khan's Kingdom"
Aired on Oct 3, 2016, 1:00 AM
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The Forbidden River explores the unspoiled natural world along the river and its tributaries and tells amazing stories of the wildlife and traditional communities that battle to survive in a unique and, to Western eyes, largely unknown environment. This is a visual and dramatic journey of discovery along the mighty Amur River, an expedition into a lost and exotic world.
Episodes (1 Season · 3 Episodes)
E1
Into the Shadowlands
Exploring the Amur, a sprawling river system of continental scale, all funneled into a single gigantic channel that spills one million Olympic-sized pools of water, sediment and nutrients into the Pacific Ocean everyday.
Oct 2, 2016
60 min
E2
The Black Dragon
The longest border river in human history, the Amur stretches 2,000 kilometers and separates Russia and China; the wildwoods around Changba-Shani -- once considered sacred, forbidden land -- place among China's most impressive natural treasures.
Oct 2, 2016
60 min
E3
Khan's Kingdom
Exploring the great fork where the Amur's twin headwaters, coming from Siberia and Mongolia, rejoin to form a single, large main river.
Oct 2, 2016
60 min
