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Karakash River

The 434th longest river in the world

740 km

The Karakash River (pinyin: Kālākāshí Hé; Uyghur: قاراقاش دەرياسى; cyrillized: Қарақаш Дәряси) or the Black Jade River is a river in the Xinjiang autonomous region of the People's Republic of China that originates in Aksai Chin. It passes through the historical settlement of Shahidulla and passes by the city of Hotan to flow northeast in the Tarim Basin. It merges with the Yurungkash River, the combined river taking the name Hotan River and flowing into the Tarim River.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

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

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