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The Datong River (), known as the Julak Chu in
The Datong River (), known as the Julak Chu in Amdo Tibetan
Amdo Tibetan (; also called ''Am kä'') is the Tibetic language spoken in Amdo (now mostly in Qinghai, some in Ngawa and Gannan). It has two dialects, the farmer dialect and the nomad dialect.
Amdo is one of the three branches of traditional ...
, is a river in China in the Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Mandarin: ''Huáng hé'' ) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan ...
basin. It has a total length of , and a basin area of . It has an average annual flow of 90.5 cubic meters per second. It was previously spelled Tatung in English.
The river forms in Tianjun County, part of Qinghai Province's Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (; mn, á ¬á á ¶á ¢á °á ¢â€¯á ¶á ¢á ¨ á ®á £á ©á á £á ¯ á ²á ¥á ªá ¡á ³ á ¦á ¨á ³á ¦á °á ¦á ²á ¡á ¨â€¯á ¦ á ¥á ªá ¡á ·á ²á ¡á á ¡á ¨ á µá á °á á ¬á ¤ á µá §á ¦; bo, མཚོ་ནུབ་འ...
. It then flows easterly separating the Qilian Mountains
The Qilian Mountains (, also romanized as Tsilien; Mongghul: Chileb), together with the Altyn-Tagh (Altun Shan) also known as Nan Shan (, literally "Southern Mountains"), as it is to the south of Hexi Corridor, is a northern outlier of the Kunl ...
from the Daban Mountains. The main centre of population along its length here is Menyuan. The Datong meets the Huangshui River at Qinghai's border with Gansu. While it is a tributary of the Huangshui in name, the Datong is actually the main stem of the Huangshui River system and is considerably longer than the Huangshui.
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