Yarkand River

E154603
geographical feature river

The Yarkand River is a major river in China’s Xinjiang region that flows through the southwestern Tarim Basin and contributes significantly to the Tarim River system.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Yarkand River canonical 5
Kashgar River 2
Aksu River 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
adjacentTo Taklamakan Desert ⓘ
basinCountry China ⓘ
climateZone arid ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
drainageBasin Tarim Basin ⓘ
drains southern slopes of the Kunlun–Karakoram region ⓘ
flowsDirection generally northward ⓘ
then eastward ⓘ
flowsNear Taklamakan Desert ⓘ
flowsThrough Hotan ⓘ
surface form: Hotan Prefecture

Kashgar ⓘ
surface form: Kashgar Prefecture

Pishan County ⓘ
Shache County ⓘ
Aksu Prefecture ⓘ
surface form: Yarkant County
hasAlternativeName Yarkand River ⓘ
surface form: Yarkand He
hasAlternativeTransliteration Yarkand River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yarkant River
hasCulturalRole vital water source for Uyghur communities in Yarkand oasis ⓘ
hasEcologicalRole supports oasis ecosystems in southern Xinjiang ⓘ
hasEconomicRole supports cotton cultivation in southern Xinjiang ⓘ
supports local fisheries ⓘ
hasGeomorphologicalContext flows along the northern margin of the Karakoram Range ⓘ
part of an endorheic inland drainage system ⓘ
hasHydrologicalRole major contributor of water to the Tarim River ⓘ
historicalRegion Yarkand ⓘ
historicalSignificance important water source for oasis settlements in southwestern Tarim Basin ⓘ
languageOfName Chinese ⓘ
Uyghur language ⓘ
surface form: Uyghur
locatedIn Tarim Basin ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
Tarim Basin ⓘ
surface form: southwestern Tarim Basin

Western China ⓘ
surface form: western China
locatedOn northern edge of the Karakoram ⓘ
majorTributaryOf Tarim River ⓘ
mouth Tarim River ⓘ
partOf Tarim River ⓘ
surface form: Tarim River system

Xinjiang river network ⓘ
region Xinjiang ⓘ
surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
sourceLocation Karakax River headwaters region ⓘ
Karakoram ⓘ
surface form: Karakoram Mountains
terminatesIn Tarim Basin ⓘ
surface form: endorheic Tarim Basin
tributaryOf Tarim River ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
watercourseType inland river ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tarim Basin → contains → Yarkand River ⓘ
Tarim Basin → contains → Yarkand River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksu River
Kashgar → traversedBy → Yarkand River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kashgar River
Tarim River → sourceConfluence → Yarkand River ⓘ
Tarim River → formedByConfluenceOf → Yarkand River ⓘ
Tarim River → majorTributary → Yarkand River ⓘ
Tarim River → majorTributary → Yarkand River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kashgar River
Yarkand River → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Yarkand River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yarkant River
Yarkand River → hasAlternativeName → Yarkand River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yarkand He
Kongur Tagh → drainage → Yarkand River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yarkand River system
Karakoram glacial system → drainsInto → Yarkand River ⓘ
Karakoram River valleys → partOf → Yarkand River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yarkand River basin