Shaksgam River (Pakistan and China)

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Name (Latin)
Shaksgam River (Pakistan and China)
Other forms of name
Kelechin River (Pakistan and China)
K'olo-ch'ung Ho (Pakistan and China)
nne Muztāgh River (Pakistan)
Muztagh River (Pakistan and China)
Coordinates
77.4467 77.4467 35.5718 35.5718 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Rivers China
Rivers Pakistan
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q925110
Library of congress: sh 85089158
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 200439860: Mason, K. Exploration of the Shaksgam Valley and Aghil ranges, 1926.
  • GEOnet, Aug. 30, 2005(Muztāgh River, Pakistan, stm, 36⁰37ʹ00ʺN 076⁰12ʹ00ʺE, name not known, China)
  • BGN, July 1982(Muztāgh River, Pakistan, stream, 36⁰37ʹN 76⁰12ʹE, variants: Shaksgam, K'olo-ch'ung Ho, Kelechin R.)
  • Boundary agreement between China and Pakistan, signed at Peking on 2 March 1963 via WWW, Aug. 30, 2005("From the aforesaid point, the boundary line runs up the Kelechin River (Shaksgam or Muztagh River) along the middle line of its bed to its confluence (reference co-ordinates approximately Longitude 76⁰02ʹE and Latitude 36⁰26ʹN) with the Sorbulak Daria (Shimshal River or Braldu River).")
  • Desio, A. Geology of the Upper Shaksgam Valley, North-East Karakorum, Xinjiang (Sinkiang), 1980:p. 1 ("The Shaksgam river is one of the left tributaries of the Yarkand river and joins it near Toquz Bulaq about 245 km from its source ... The headwaters of the Shaksgam outflow from an unnamed glacier belonging to the catchment area of the Yarkand river, into which some of its melt water flow. The Shaksgam and Yarkand basins are connected here by the Shaksgam pass or Shaksgam-la.")
  • Wikipedia [Dutch], Aug. 31, 2005(Shaksgam (Urdu: Muztagh))