Bira (river)

The Bira (Бира) is a river in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. The name derives from the Jurchen and Manchu word bira meaning "river". It is 261 km long, and has a drainage basin of 9580 km2. It is one of the largest, left tributaries of the Amur.

Some of the cities that lie along the river are Birakan, Teploozyorsk, Londoko, Bira, Birobidzhan and Nadezhdinskoye.