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Kanas River

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Kanas River is a river in Burqin County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It originates from the main peaks of the Altai Mountains. It is a perennial river with a total length of 125 kilometers, an average width of about 50 meters, and a maximum width of 100 meters. Converging with the Hemu River to form the Burqin River, the water velocity at the Kanas Bridge is 2.5 meters per second under the perennial water level.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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