Künes River
The Künes River, generally known in English as the Kunges River, is—with the Tekes River—one of the two main tributaries that form the Ili River in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It originates in the eastern Tian Shan.Photo: MichaelE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in China, a main component of the Ili
- Also known as: “Chüngges”, “Chüngges River”, “Gongnaisi He”, “Gongnaisi River”, “K’ung-nai-ssu Ho”, “Koungous”, “Kunes”, “Künes”, “Künes He”, “Kunes River”, “Kunges”, “Kunges River”, “Kungess”, “Kungess River”, “Künggüs”, and “Künggüs River”
Künes River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Künes River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Gongnaisi He”
- Bulgarian: “Кунгес”
- Cebuano: “Gongnaisi He”
- Chinese: “巩乃斯河”
- Chinese: “鞏乃斯河”
- Czech: “Kunges”
- French: “Koungesse”
- French: “Koungous”
- German: “Chüngges”
- German: “Künes”
- Italian: “Kunges”
- Kazakh: “Künes özeni”
- Kazakh: “Күнес өзені”
- Kazakh: “كۇنەس وزەنى”
- Persian: “رود کونس”
- Russian: “Кунгес”
- Russian: “Кунгус”
- Swedish: “Gongnaisi He”
- Turkish: “Künes Nehri”
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