Suibin County’s forestry page describes a 142-kilometre stretch of Songhua River wetland, dotted with 43 islands of different sizes. The islands are low and densely covered with shrubs, with marshland among their characteristic habitats. From a map, they appear as small interruptions in the channel; ecologically, they are part of a wider wetland system that includes water, vegetation and riverbank. The county also notes 28 rivers within its territory, showing that the islands belong to a place shaped by intersecting waterways rather than a single riverfront.
From the journal
Suibin’s River Islands: Forest, Marsh and Moving Water
Along Suibin’s Songhua shoreline, 43 islands rise from a 142-kilometre wetland corridor. Shrubland and marsh shape these low islands, which belong to a river system that keeps changing form.
In the same city · Hegang ↗A chain of islands along the Songhua
A wetland is more than open water
Shrub growth and marsh make these islands more than strips of sand in the channel. Seasonal water changes their low edges, connecting vegetation, river water and the adjacent floodplain. The Liangjiang Wetland Nature Reserve, established in 2007, protects a mixture of islands, forest, shrubland, marsh and open water. Its boundary brings the islands into the same conservation landscape as the banks and smaller channels around them.