Baiyang River

The Baiyang River (pinyin: Báiyáng hé, lit. 'White Poplar River'), also known under a Mongolian name transcribed in Chinese as Namuguolei (pinyin: Nàmùguōlēi hé), is a river in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China. It flows through the region's Tacheng Prefecture and the Urho District of Karamay City. The river's total length is estimated at 170 kilometres (110 mi), and the average annual flow at 109 million cubic metres (88, 000 acre⋅ft). The river's basin occupies 16,400 square kilometres (6, 300 mi2), The Baiyang River starts in a massif near the junction of the Tarbagatai and Saur mountain ranges, near Xinjiang's border with Kazakhstan. It flows in a general southeastern direction, toward the endorheic Dzungarian Basin. Along much of its length it forms the border between Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County in the east and Emin and Toli Counties in the west. It crosses Urho District of Karamay City, and then re-enters Hoboksar County. The Baiyang River is dammed at 46°08′35″N 85°22′35″E the dam creates the Baiyang River Reservoir with an area of 5.8 square kilometres (2.2 mi2). The Irtysh–Karamay Canal crosses the Baiyang River on an aqueduct at 46°7′45″N 85°25′35″E, upstream of Urho District's main urban area. A provision has been made for letting about 1/3 of the water flow from the canal into the Baiyang River, (46°7′45″N 85°25′40″E), thus improvi

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.