Aksu (Tarim)
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Aksu 阿克苏 河 (Aksu He) |
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 Course of the Aksu |
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| location | Xinjiang ( PR China ) | |
| River system | Tarim | |
| Drain over | Tarim → Lop Nor desert | |
| Confluence of |
Kumarik and Toxkan 41 ° 10 ′ 47 " N , 80 ° 6 ′ 29" E |
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| Association with |
Yarkant to Tarim Coordinates: 40 ° 27 ′ 46 ″ N , 80 ° 52 ′ 10 ″ E 40 ° 27 ′ 46 ″ N , 80 ° 52 ′ 10 ″ E
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| length | 120 km (with source rivers Saryjas and Kumarik : approx. 400 km) | |
| Catchment area | 31,982 km² | |
| Outflow at the Aksu gauge |
MQ |
249 m³ / s |
| Big cities | Aksu | |
The Aksu ( Chinese 阿克苏 河 , Pinyin Ākèsū Hé ) is one of the source rivers of the Tarim in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China .
The Aksu arises at the confluence of the Kumarik and Toxkan rivers about 10 km west of the city of Aksu at an altitude of 1270 m . It flows in a south-southeast direction through the Tarim Basin without any drainage and after about 120 km it meets the much less watery Yarkant with which the Aksu joins to form the Tarim. The catchment area of the Aksu is 31,982 km². The mean discharge is 249 m³ / s. The Aksu provides 70–80% of the water in the Tarim.
Individual evidence
- ↑ M. Wortmann, V. Krysanova, ZW Kundzewicz, B. Su, X. Li: Assessing the influence of the Merzbacher Lake outburst floods on discharge using the hydrological model SWIM in the Aksu headwaters, Kyrgyzstan / northwest China . In: Hydrological Processes . tape 28 , no. 26 , December 30, 2014, pp. 6337-6350 , doi : 10.1002 / hyp.10118 .