Koxlax

Proper noun

Koxlax

1. A village in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
   • Hotan River, 400 mi/644 km long, S XINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION, NW CHINA; rises in KUNLUN mountains in two branches—the Karakax (left) and the Yurungkax (right), which form the HOTAN RIVER at Koxlax; flows N, through TAKLIMAKAN DESERT, but rarely reaching the TARIM.2008, Saul B. Cohen, editor, The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1607, column 2
   • The upper reaches encompass the river source to the mountain pass, and the middle reaches extend from the mountain pass to the intersection (ie, Koxlax) of the two tributaries. The lower reach includes the river section between the Koxlax and Xiaota Hydrologic Stations with a length of 319 km.2016, Hongwei Guo et al., “Study of suitable oasis scales based on water resource availability in an arid region of China: a case study of Hotan River Basin”, in Environmental Earth Sciences, volume...