Yarkand River
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The Yarkand River is a river in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western China. It originates in the Siachen Muztagh in a part of the Karakoram range and flows into the Tarim River, with which
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Sheep on the bank of the Yarkand River
Ferry on the Yarkand River (1915)
Yarkant County
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Yarkant County, also known as Yakan County or Shache County, is a county in the Xinjiang, China, located on the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin. It is one of 11 counties admin
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…control, irrigation and hydropower generation. After this, the river turns northeast and enters the Tarim Basin, forming a rich oasis that waters the Yarkant county. Continuing northeast, it receives the Kashgar River from the west, eventually draining into the Shangyou Reservoir. Even though the river originally…
A street in Yarkant
Street scene in Yarkand in the 1870s
Yarkand ambassador at the Chinese court of Emperor Yuan of Liang in his capital Jingzhou in 516–520 CE, with explanatory text. Portraits of Periodical Offering of Liang, 11th century Song copy.
Yarkand (周古柯 Zhouguke) in Wanghuitu, circa 650 CE