Yarkand River
The Yarkand River is a river in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western China. It originates in the Siachen Muztagh in a part of the Karakoram range and flows into the Tarim River or Neinejoung River, with which it is sometimes identified.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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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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