Künes River
| Künes Kunges | |
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 Location of the Künes River in the Lake Balkash drainage basin | |
| Native name | دەرياسى كۈنەس 巩乃斯河 Error {{native name checker}}: list markup expected for multiple names (help) |
| 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 | |
• location | Merges with the Tekes River |
• 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 | |
| River system | Ili River |
| 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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| Traditional Chinese | 鞏乃斯河 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 巩乃斯河 | ||||||||||
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The Künes River (Uyghur: دەرياسى كۈنەس, romanized: Künes deryasi, lit. 'Künəs dəryasi'; Chinese: 鞏乃斯河; pinyin: Gǒngnǎisī hé) is a tributary of the Ili River in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,[1] that originates in the eastern Tianshan.
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 River. 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:
- Kunes County seat
References
- ^ "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. "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.