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 , with which it is sometimes identified.
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  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,022 metres (3,353 feet)
  • 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”
    “Zarafshān River”

Yarkand River

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Latitude
40.4702° or 40° 28′ 13″ north
Longitude
80.93971° or 80° 56′ 23″ east
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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