Hotan River

The Hotan River is formed by the union of the and Rivers, which flow north from the into the Taklamakan Desert in northern .
  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in the People’s Republic of China
  • Also known as: Chotan-darja”, “Hetian He”, “Hetian River”, “Ho-t’ien Ho”, “Khotan Daria”, “Khotan Darya”, “Khotan River”, “Khotan-Darja”, and “Ts’ung-ling-nan Ho

Hotan River

Latitude
40.41655° or 40° 24′ 60″ north
Longitude
80.89111° or 80° 53′ 28″ east
Elevation
1,026 metres (3,366 feet)
Open location code
8MG2CV8R+JC
Geo­Names ID
1529456
Wiki­data ID
Q625575
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Hotan River” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Խոտան
  • Asturian: Ríu Hotan
  • Belarusian: Хатан
  • Bulgarian: Хотан (река)
  • Bulgarian: Хотан
  • Catalan: Hotan
  • Catalan: Riu Hotan
  • Cebuano: Hotan He
  • Central Bikol: Salog Hotan
  • Chinese: 和田河
  • Chuvash: Хотан
  • Czech: Chotan
  • Dutch: Hotan River
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر هوتان
  • French: Hotan
  • French: Khotan
  • Georgian: ხოთანი
  • Georgian: ხოტანი (მდინარე)
  • German: Hotan
  • Hindi: ख़ोतान नदी
  • Hungarian: Hotan
  • Irish: Abhainn Hotan
  • Italian: Ho-t’ien
  • Italian: Hotan
  • Italian: Khotan
  • Japanese: ホータン川
  • Lithuanian: Chotanas
  • Lithuanian: Hotanas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ho-t’ien
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Khotan
  • Norwegian: Khotan
  • Persian: ختن‌دریا
  • Polish: Chotan-daria
  • Polish: Hotan He
  • Polish: Hotan-ho
  • Russian: Хотан
  • Slovak: Chotan
  • South Azerbaijani: هوتان چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Hotan
  • Spanish: Río Hotan
  • Swedish: Khotanfloden
  • Turkish: Hotan Nehri
  • Uighur: خوتەن دەرياسى
  • Ukrainian: Хотан
  • Uzbek: Xoʻtan
  • Venetian: Fiume Hotan
  • Welsh: Afon Hotan

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