Aqal

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English

Map including Aqal (DMA, 1981)

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Etymology

From Uyghur ئاچال (achal).

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Proper noun

Aqal

  1. A town in Kalpin, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang, China, formerly a township
    • 1992, R. Grimmett, H. Taylor, “Recent bird observations from Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China, 16 June to 5 July 1988”, in Forktail, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 146:
      Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria 5+ males holding territory in a popular grove in Aqal town. Described as rare in China (Cheng 1987).
    • 1996, Field Trip Guide: Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Sedimentology, Petroleum and Coal Geology, volume 1, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1112-10:
      Separated by the line from Aksu, through Aqal to Markit, a suite of varicoloured mudstone, silty mudstone and sandy conglomerate interbeds with intercalations of andesite, basalt and dacite outcrops in the east, and in the west there is a set of granular carbonate and grey-back sandy mudstone interbeds with the []
    • 2009, Sebastian Turner, Structural Evolution of the Northwest Tarim Basin, China, Imperial College London, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 2, 2021, page 64:
      At Aqal, the Middle Ordovician Qilang and Yingan formations are c. 320 m thick, but are completely absent in the Mystery Canyon, 100 km to the west.

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