Yarkand River

The Yarkand River is a river in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western China. It originates in the in a part of the Karakoram range and flows into the or Neinejoung River, with which it is sometimes identified.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in the People’s Republic of China
  • Also known as: Jarkent”, “Raskam River”, “Raskem-darya”, “Sirikol”, “Sirikol River”, “Ya-erh-k’en-te-ta-li-ya Ho”, “Yarkand”, “Yarkand Daria”, “Yarkand Darya”, “Yarkant”, “Yarkant He”, “Yarkant River”, “Yarkend”, “Yarkend Darya”, “Yarkend River”, “Yarkent”, “Yarkent River”, “Yarkent-darya”, “Yeh-er-ch’iang Ho”, “Yeh-erh-ch’iang Ho”, “Yü Ho”, and “Zarafshān River

Yarkand River

Latitude
40.4702° or 40° 28′ 13″ north
Longitude
80.93971° or 80° 56′ 23″ east
Elevation
1,022 metres (3,353 feet)
Open location code
8MG2FWCQ+3V
Geo­Names ID
1529028
Wiki­data ID
Q559283
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Wu Chinese—“Yarkand River” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Յարքենդ
  • Asturian: Ríu Yarkand
  • Belarusian: Яркенд
  • Bulgarian: Яркенд (река)
  • Bulgarian: Яркенд
  • Catalan: Riu Yarkand
  • Cebuano: Yarkant He
  • Chinese: 叶尔羌河
  • Chinese: 葉爾羌河
  • Chuvash: Яркенд
  • Czech: Jarkand
  • Czech: Jarkant
  • Czech: Jarkend
  • Czech: Jerkand
  • Czech: Raskemdarja
  • Czech: Yarkand
  • Dutch: Yarkand (rivier)
  • Dutch: Yarkand
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر ياركاند
  • Esperanto: Jarkand
  • Esperanto: Jarkando
  • Esperanto: Jarkend
  • Esperanto: Yarkand
  • French: Yarkand
  • Georgian: იარქენდი (მდინარე)
  • Georgian: იარქენდი
  • German: Yarkand
  • German: Yarkant He
  • German: Yarkant
  • Hindi: यारकंद नदी
  • Hindi: यारकन्द नदी
  • Hungarian: Jarkend folyó
  • Hungarian: Jarkend-darja
  • Hungarian: Jarkend
  • Irish: Abhainn Yarkand
  • Italian: Yarkand
  • Japanese: ヤルカンド川
  • Kirghiz: Жаркен
  • Kirghiz: Раскем, дарыя
  • Korean: 야르칸드 강
  • Korean: 야르칸드강
  • Korean: 야르칸트 강
  • Korean: 예얼창 강
  • Latvian: Jarkanta
  • Lithuanian: Jarkantas
  • Lithuanian: Jarkendas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Yarkand
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Yarkand
  • Norwegian: Yarkand
  • Persian: زرفشان رود
  • Polish: Jarkend-daria
  • Polish: Yarkant He
  • Russian: Раскем-Дарья
  • Russian: Раскемдарья
  • Russian: Яркенд
  • Slovak: Jarkand
  • South Azerbaijani: یارکنت چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Yarkand
  • Spanish: Río Yarkand
  • Spanish: Rio Yarkanda
  • Spanish: Río Yarkanda
  • Spanish: Rio Yarkant
  • Spanish: Río Yarkant
  • Spanish: Rio Yarkend
  • Spanish: Río Yarkend
  • Swedish: Jarkendfloden
  • Swedish: Jarkentfloden
  • Swedish: Yarkandfloden
  • Swedish: Yarkantfloden
  • Turkish: Yarkent Nehri
  • Uighur: يەكەن دەرياسى
  • Ukrainian: Яркенд
  • Urdu: دریائے یارکند
  • Uzbek: Yorkenddaryo
  • Venetian: Fiume Yarkand
  • Welsh: Afon Yarkand
  • Western Panjabi: یارکند دریا
  • Wu Chinese: 叶尔羌河

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