Qiemo River

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[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
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References
  1. Geographica: The complete illustrated Atlas of the world. 2005. p. 212. ISBN 1 7416 6036 X – via Internet Archive. Qarqan
  2. "Records of Xinjiang Ground-jay Podoces biddulphi in Taklimakan Desert, Xinjiang, China" (PDF). 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2020. Qarqan River

See also


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