Tashkurgan River
river in People's Republic of China
The Tashkurgan River (Chinese: 塔什库尔干河; pinyin Tǎshíkù'ěrgàn hé) is a river in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western China. The Tashkurgan River runs through Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County and is one of the tributaries of the Yarkand River in the Tarim Basin.
The river is formed by the joining of several mountain streams originating in the Karakoram Range and northern Hindu Kush Mountains. It flows due north to Tashkurgan. Then, it turns right flowing through the mountains and joining the Yarkand River.
“Tashkurgan River” enters the record as river in People's Republic of China. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Tashkurgan, River and river can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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