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 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)
Notes
References
See also
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Qiemo County
Qiemo County () as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Qarqan County ( Uyghur: ; ), is a county under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the ...
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Qiemo Town
The oasis town of Qiemo or Cherchen ( ug, چەرچەن, Чәрчән}, ; Uighur: Qarqan, also spelled Charchan) is the capital of Qiemo County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It is on the Qiemo River and at the foot o ...
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Tatrang
Tatrang,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Tatirang, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ) is a town in Qiemo / Qarqan County, Bayingolin Mongol A ...
Rivers of Xinjiang
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