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Yarkand River

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Traditional Chinese
  
葉爾羌河

Hanyu Pinyin
  
Yè'ěrqiāng Hé

IPA
  
[jêàɚtɕʰjáŋ xɤ̌]

Country
  
China

Simplified Chinese
  
叶尔羌河

Wade–Giles
  
Yeh-erh-ch'iang He

Uyghur
  
يەكەن دەرياسى

The Yarkand River is a river in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western China. It is one of the headstreams of the Tarim River. It is approximately 970 km (600 mi) in length, with an average discharge of 330 m3/s (12,000 cu ft/s).

Map of Yarkant River, China

The river originates in the Karakoram range in the south of the Kashgar Prefecture. A notable tributary of the upper Yarkand River is the Shaksgam River, which is also known in its lower course (before falling into the Yarkand) as the Keleqing River (Chinese: 克勒青河; pinyin: Kèlèqīng Hé).

A part of the river valley is known to the Kyrgyz people as Raskam, and the river itself is also called the Raskam River. The river is also known as the Zarafshan River. The area was once claimed by the ruler of Hunza.

References

Yarkand River Wikipedia