Yurungkax
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Yurungkax 白玉 河, Báiyù Hé يورۇڭقاش دەرياسى |
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 Course of the Yurungkax in the catchment area of the Tarim |
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| location | Xinjiang ( PR China ) | |
| River system | Tarim | |
| Drain over | Hotan → Tarim (temporarily) → Lop Nor desert | |
| Headwaters | in the Kunlun Mountains 35 ° 24 ′ 48 ″ N , 81 ° 28 ′ 52 ″ E |
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| Association with |
Karakax zum Hotan Coordinates: 38 ° 5 ′ 7 ″ N , 80 ° 33 ′ 34 ″ E 38 ° 5 ′ 7 ″ N , 80 ° 33 ′ 34 ″ E
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| length | approx. 450 km | |
| Catchment area | 14,575 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
72.3 m³ / s |
| Big cities | Hotan | |
The Yurungkax , also Jurungkasch or White Jade River ( Chinese 白玉 河 , Pinyin Báiyù Hé - "Baiyu River", Uighur يورۇڭقاش دەرياسى), is the right source river of the Hotan in the south of the Xinjiang autonomous region in the southwest of the People's Republic of China .
The Yurungkax rises on the northern slope of the Kunlun Mountains near the border with Tibet . Initially it flows mainly in a westerly direction. Later the river turns north. It leaves the mountains, flows through the city of Hotan , located in the Tarim Basin , and meets the Karakax another 150 km north , with which it forms the Hotan. The river name means "white jade river".
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Saiti, Al: Stream types and flood features on the north slope of the West Kunlun Mountains (PDF (706 kB)) Bulletin of Glacial Research 7 (1989). Japanese Society on Snow and Ice.