# Tarim River

> river in the People's Republic of China

**Wikidata**: [Q237901](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237901)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarim_River)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/tarim-river

## Summary
The Tarim River is a river in the People's Republic of China. It is associated with the Tarim Basin and is located in the Xinjiang autonomous region.

## Key Facts
- The Tarim River is classified as a river (a larger natural watercourse).
- Country: People's Republic of China.
- Region: Xinjiang (an autonomous region of China; inception date recorded as 1955-10-01).
- Associated geographic area: Tarim Basin, a geographical area in Central Asia (Tarim Basin sitelink_count: 62).
- Wikidata description: "river in the People's Republic of China."
- Wikipedia title: Tarim River.
- Wikidata sitelink_count for the Tarim River entry: 55.
- Aliases: River Tarim; Tarim; Oechardes; Oechardes River; River Oechardes; Echardes; Echardes River; River Echardes; Oikhardes; Oikhardes River.
- Coordinates (two recorded points): 40.462777777778° N, 80.869444444444° E; and 41.083333333333° N, 86.666666666667° E.
- The Tarim River is located within the People's Republic of China, a sovereign state founded on 1949-10-01 with capital Beijing (People's Republic of China — inception: 1949-10-01).

## FAQs
Q: What is the Tarim River?
A: The Tarim River is a river in the People's Republic of China, documented on Wikidata and Wikipedia under the title "Tarim River."

Q: Where is the Tarim River located?
A: The river is located in Xinjiang, an autonomous region of China, and is associated with the Tarim Basin in Central Asia.

Q: What other names does the Tarim River have?
A: Documented aliases include River Tarim, Tarim, Oechardes (and Oechardes River), Echardes (and Echardes River), and Oikhardes (and Oikhardes River).

Q: What coordinates identify the Tarim River on record?
A: Two coordinate points on record are 40.462777777778° N, 80.869444444444° E and 41.083333333333° N, 86.666666666667° E.

Q: How is the Tarim River represented in knowledge bases?
A: The Tarim River has a Wikidata description "river in the People's Republic of China," a Wikipedia page titled "Tarim River," and a Wikidata sitelink_count of 55.

## Why It Matters
The Tarim River matters as a named riverary feature of the Xinjiang region and as a geographic entity tied to the Tarim Basin, a major geographic area in Central Asia. As an identified natural watercourse within the People's Republic of China, it is tracked in global knowledge resources (Wikidata and Wikipedia) and appears under multiple historical and alternative names, which is important for historical geography, mapping, and cross-referencing older literature or variant transliterations. Its documented coordinates and multiple aliases help researchers, cartographers, and information systems disambiguate the river across datasets and historical sources.

## Notable For
- Being recorded under numerous historical and variant names (Oechardes, Echardes, Oikhardes among others).
- Association with the Tarim Basin, a named geographic area in Central Asia.
- Presence in major open knowledge systems: a dedicated Wikipedia title "Tarim River" and a Wikidata entry with a sitelink_count of 55.
- Explicitly located within Xinjiang, an autonomous region of China with recorded inception date 1955-10-01.

## Body

### Overview
- The Tarim River is identified in structured data as a river in the People's Republic of China.  
- It appears in knowledge graphs and encyclopedic sources under the Wikipedia title "Tarim River" and has a Wikidata description summarizing it as a river in China.

### Names and Aliases
- The river is recorded under multiple names and historical variants:
  - River Tarim
  - Tarim
  - Oechardes; Oechardes River; River Oechardes
  - Echardes; Echardes River; River Echardes
  - Oikhardes; Oikhardes River
- These aliases reflect alternative transliterations and historical forms documented in the structured record.

### Location and Coordinates
- Country: People's Republic of China.
- Regional administration: Xinjiang autonomous region.
- Two coordinate points associated with the river in the record:
  - Latitude 40.462777777778, Longitude 80.869444444444.
  - Latitude 41.083333333333, Longitude 86.666666666667.

### Administrative and Political Context
- The Tarim River is situated within the political boundaries of the People's Republic of China. The People's Republic of China is recorded with an inception (founding) date of 1949-10-01 and has its capital at Beijing. This national context situates the Tarim River within China's territorial and administrative framework.
- At the subnational level, the river is located in Xinjiang. Xinjiang is recorded as an autonomous region of China with an inception date of 1955-10-01.

### Relation to the Tarim Basin
- The Tarim River is associated with the Tarim Basin. The Tarim Basin is described as a geographical area in Central Asia and is a connected entity in the record (Tarim Basin sitelink_count: 62). This association places the river within a broader named basin and geographic region.

### Data, Identifiers, and Knowledge-Graph Presence
- Wikidata description: "river in the People's Republic of China."
- Wikipedia title: Tarim River.
- Wikidata sitelink_count for the Tarim River entry: 55, indicating multiple interlanguage links or external references in the knowledge graph.
- Tarim Basin sitelink_count: 62, indicating its presence in knowledge systems.
- The combination of aliases, coordinates, and database identifiers supports cross-referencing across historical sources, maps, and multilingual datasets.

### Related Entities
- River (Thing): The Tarim River is classified under the general concept of a larger natural watercourse.
- Tarim Basin (Thing): A named geographical area in Central Asia associated with the river.
- People's Republic of China (Thing): Country in which the Tarim River is located; recorded inception 1949-10-01; capital Beijing.
- Xinjiang (Thing): Autonomous region of China where the river lies; recorded inception 1955-10-01.

### Documentation and Referential Notes
- The structured record lists multiple aliases and two coordinate records; these elements are essential for disambiguation in bibliographic, cartographic, and multilingual contexts.
- The Tarim River's representation in Wikidata and Wikipedia (with documented sitelink counts) indicates established coverage in public knowledge repositories.

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## References

1. Virtual International Authority File
2. BnF authorities
3. OpenStreetMap
4. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
5. GeoNames
6. Quora
7. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)