The Qiemo River (Chinese: 且末河; pinyin: Qiěmò Hé), also called the Cherchen (Chinese: 车尔臣河; pinyin: Chē'ěrchén Hé; Wade–Giles: Ch'e-erh-ch'en Ho) or Qarqan River (Chinese: 恰尔羌河),[1][2] runs across the Tarim Basin in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It feeds into the Lop Nor salty marshes.
Historical maps
Map including the river (labeled as Ch'e-erh-ch'en Ho) (DMA, 1980)[lower-alpha 1]
Map including the river (labeled as Qarqan He) (DMA, 1990)
Notes
- ↑ From map: "The representation of international boundaries is not necessarily authoritative."
References
- ↑ Geographica: The complete illustrated Atlas of the world. 2005. p. 212. ISBN 1 7416 6036 X – via Internet Archive.
Qarqan
- ↑ "Records of Xinjiang Ground-jay Podoces biddulphi in Taklimakan Desert, Xinjiang, China" (PDF). 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
Qarqan River
See also
37°50′N 85°40′E / 37.833°N 85.667°E
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