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Künes River

Coordinates: 43°34′45″N 82°32′51″E / 43.57917°N 82.54750°E / 43.57917; 82.54750
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Künes
Kunges
Location of the Künes River in the Lake Balkash drainage basin
Native name
Location
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
CountyKunes, Nilka County, and Hejing County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationEren Habirga Mountains
 • coordinates43°12′35″N 84°50′51″E / 43.20972°N 84.84750°E / 43.20972; 84.84750
 • elevation3300 m
MouthIli
 • location
Confluence with the river Tekes
 • coordinates
43°34′45″N 82°32′51″E / 43.57917°N 82.54750°E / 43.57917; 82.54750
 • elevation
786 m
Length258 km
Basin size3532 km2
Basin features
ProgressionIliLake Balkhash
Tributaries 
 • leftTsanma (Tsauman gol)
 • rightArshan, Merke (Borgustaya), Ken-su (Naryn gol, Kharkhan), Bokchurgan gol, Turgen
Künes River
View of the Künes River at Nalati
Uyghur name
Uyghurدەرياسى كۈنەس
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiKünes deryasi
Yengi YeziⱪKünəs dəryasi
SASM/GNCKünas Nahiyisi
Siril YëziqiКүнәс дәряси
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鞏乃斯河
Simplified Chinese巩乃斯河
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGǒngnǎisī Hé
Wade–GilesK'ung-nai-ssu Ho

The Künes River (Uyghur: دەرياسى كۈنەس, Künəs Dəryasi), generally known in English as the Kunges River (Russian: Кунгес; Chinese: 巩乃斯河, Gǒngnǎisī Hé), is—with the Tekes River—one of the two main tributaries that form the Ili River in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.[1] It originates in the eastern Tian Shan.

Geography

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The Künes or Kunges 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

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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

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Major settlements located on the Künes River include:

References

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  1. ^ "Kunges". Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  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.