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Künes River

Künes River

River in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China

The Künes River (Uyghur: دەرياسى كۈنەس, romanized: Künes deryasi, lit. 'Künəs dəryasi'; Chinese: 巩乃斯河; pinyin: Gǒngnǎisī hé) is a tributary of the river Ili in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,[1] that originates in the eastern Tianshan.

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View of the Künes River at Nalati

Geography

The Künes River originates in the eastern Tianshan in the Eren Habirga Mountains and flows from east to west to merge with the Tekes River and form the Ili. It flows through glacial, alpine, and grassland environments, the latter including semi-arid, dry-steppe, steppe, meadow grassland, and mountain meadow.[2]

Tributaries

Main tributaries of the Künes River include:

  • Arshan (right)
  • Merke (aka Borgustaya) (right)
  • Ken-su (aka Naryn gol, Kharkhan) (right)
  • Bokchurgan gol (right)
  • Turgen (right)
  • Tsanma (Tsauman gol) (left)

Settlements

Major settlements located on the Künes River include:

References

  1. [1]
    "Kunges". Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    Jie Ma; Lan H. Li; Ling P. Guo; Lei Bai; Jian R. Zhang; Zhong H. Chen; Sajjad Ahmad (2015). "Variation in soil nutrients in grasslands along the Kunes River in Xinjiang, China". Chemistry and Ecology. 31 (2): 111–122. doi:10.1080/02757540.2014.917170. S2CID 94482031.
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