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.
| Künes Kunges | |
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 Location of the Künes River in the Lake Balkash drainage basin | |
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| Location | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region |
| County | Kunes, Nilka County, and Hejing County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Eren Habirga Mountains |
| • coordinates | 43°12′35″N 84°50′51″E / 43.20972°N 84.84750°E |
| • elevation | 3300 m |
| Mouth | Ili |
• location | Confluence with the river Tekes |
• coordinates | 43°34′45″N 82°32′51″E / 43.57917°N 82.54750°E |
• elevation | 786 m |
| Length | 258 km |
| Basin size | 3532 km2 |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Ili→ Lake Balkhash |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Tsanma (Tsauman gol) |
| • right | Arshan, Merke (Borgustaya), Ken-su (Naryn gol, Kharkhan), Bokchurgan gol, Turgen |
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| Uyghur | دەرياسى كۈنەس | ||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鞏乃斯河 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 巩乃斯河 | ||||||||||
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Geography edit
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 edit
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 edit
Major settlements located on the Künes River include:
- Kunes County seat
References edit
- ^ "Kunges". Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ 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.