White Jade River

White Jade River
Chinese name
Chinese	白玉河
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Báiyù Hé Wade–Giles Pai2-yü4 Ho2 IPA [pǎiŷ xɤ̌]
Uyghur name
Uyghur	يورۇڭقاش دەرياسى
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Yorungqash deryasi Yengi Yeziⱪ Yorungⱪax dəryasi Siril Yëziqi Йоруңқаш дəряси

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Báiyù Hé
Wade–Giles	Pai2-yü4 Ho2
IPA	[pǎiŷ xɤ̌]

Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqi	Yorungqash deryasi
Yengi Yeziⱪ	Yorungⱪax dəryasi
Siril Yëziqi	Йоруңқаш дəряси

The White Jade River, also known by the native names Baiyu or Yurungkash, is a river in the southern Xinjiang region of China.

The head waters of the river rise in the Kunlun Mountains, in the area of Aksai Chin in Kashmir in the Togatax area (35°36′N 81°24′E / 35.6°N 81.4°E / 35.6; 81.4). The river flows east for some 200 km and then north for another 200 km before passing Khotan (37°07′N 79°58′E / 37.11°N 79.97°E / 37.11; 79.97). North of Khotan, it eventually dries up in the Taklamakan desert, its seasonal bed joined by that of the Karakash River near Koxlax (some 200 km north of Khotan, 38°05′N 80°34′E / 38.08°N 80.56°E / 38.08; 80.56), from where it continues north as the Khotan River passing Piqanlik (40°03′N 80°53′E / 40.05°N 80.89°E / 40.05; 80.89), and seasonally crossing the desert, joining the Tarim River at 42°29′N 80°56′E / 42.483°N 80.933°E / 42.483; 80.933. The river drains an area of 14,575 km² (5,627 sq mi) and has a discharge of 72.3 cubic metres per second (2,550 cu ft/s).

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