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 and the Taitema Lake.
Historical maps
Map including the river (labeled as Ch'e-erh-ch'en Ho) (DMA, 1980)[a]
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 / 37.833; 85.667