Künes
Künes is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 43.52°, 83.38°
About Künes
The Künes River (Uyghur: دەرياسى كۈنەس, Künəs Dəryasi), generally known in English as the Kunges River (Russian: Кунгес; Chinese: 巩乃斯河, Gǒngnǎisī Hé), is—with the Tekes River—one of the two main tributaries that form the Ili River in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It originates in the eastern Tian Shan.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Künes River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Künes in Depth
Geography
The Künes or Kunges River originates in the eastern Tianshan in the Eren Habirga Mountains and flows from east to west to merge with the Tekes River and form the Ili. It flows through glacial, alpine, and grassland environments, the latter including semi-arid, dry-steppe, steppe, meadow grassland, and mountain meadow.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Künes River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Künes: Key Facts
| Length | 200 km |
|---|---|
| Mouth | Ili River |
Facts from Wikidata Q1753415 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Künes: Quick Answers
- Where is Künes?
- Künes is located in China, at 43.5155° N, 83.3803° E.
- Are there dams on the Künes?
- No dam on the Künes is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.