The Qiemo River (), also called the Cherchen () or Qarqan River, runs across the

Tarim Basin The Tarim Basin is an endorheic basin in Northwest China occupying an area of about and one of the largest basins in Northwest China.Chen, Yaning, et al. "Regional climate change and its effects on river runoff in the Tarim Basin, China." Hydr ...

in the

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

. It feeds into the

Lop Nor Lop Nur or Lop Nor (from a Mongolian name meaning "Lop Lake", where "Lop" is a toponym of unknown origin) is a former salt lake, now largely dried up, located in the eastern fringe of the Tarim Basin, between the Taklamakan and Kumtag deserts ...

salty marshes.

Historical maps

File:Operational Navigation Chart G-7, 6th edition.jpg, Map including the river (labeled as Ch'e-erh-ch'en Ho) ( DMA, 1980) File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 g-7b.jpg, Map including the river (labeled as Qarqan He) ( DMA, 1990)

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