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| Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia, 1899-1902 : vol.1 |
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| SURROUNDINGS OF THE CAMP OF NOV 22. |
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THE JUMALAK-DARJA TO TOKUS-KUM.
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upon so-called lajdang, or sedimentary
matter which the new arm (janKi-day a)
has laid down in a former lake-basin.
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Hereabouts the banks are extremely low, or else altogether non-existent. At Jar-kum the highest dunes that overhang
the river are 12 m. high. The northern Fig. ï I r. SURROUNDINGS OF THE CAMP OF NOV. 22.
Kara-akin at length rejoins the Tarim at
Kara-akin-kojuschi through two channels, and contributes to it quite a respectable volume of water. After this the river broadens out a little, but still continues very shallow, and is quite swift. Just above our camp, situated in a spot that bears no name, the river widened out into a broad basin amongst the sand-dunes, and was for the most part filled with deposits of sand.
November 23rd. Rise, 0.15 cm. Transparency, 4.0 cm. at 7 a. m. and 5.1 at I p. m. Banks, 2.60 m. high; high-water level, 1.50 m. During the day the river swung away to the east-north-east, and became more sinuous. Just below our camp the sand suddenly came to an end, and receded altogether from the river, except in two places lower down. It was, further, hidden from us by a poplar wood, for these trees were now very plentiful again. Consequently drift-wood is once more common. The second arm of the southern parallel stream is called Kamber Schangjaning jokarki-tötter-suji. Immediately below it there is an artificially dug canal, then
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