Yarkant County - Geography

Geography

Yarkant
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
1.1 1 −11 1.8 6 −6 3.6 14 2 4.3 23 9 8.1 27 13 9.6 31 17 6.7 33 19 9.5 31 17 3.9 27 12 2.3 20 4 1.4 11 −2 0.9 2 −8
Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Imperial conversion
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0 33 13 0.1 42 21 0.1 58 35 0.2 73 48 0.3 81 55 0.4 88 62 0.3 91 65 0.4 88 62 0.2 80 53 0.1 68 40 0.1 51 28 0 35 17
Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
Precipitation totals in inches

Yarkant is strategically located about half way between Kashgar and Khotan, at the junction of a branch road north to Aksu. It also was the terminus for caravans coming from Kashmir via Ladakh and then over the Karakoram Pass to the oasis of Niya in the Tarim Basin. The Xinjiang-Tibet Highway China National Highway 219, built in 1956 commences in Yecheng/Yarkant and heads south and west, across the Ladakh plateau and into central Tibet.

From Yarkant another important route headed southwest via Tashkurgan Town to the Wakhan corridor from where travellers could cross the relatively easy Baroghil Pass and Badakshan.

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