Tarim River, known in Sanskrit as the Sita, is an endorheic river in Xinjiang, China.
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14 Facts About Tarim River
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Tarim River Basin belongs to the inland river basin, which originates from the inland rivers in the mountains around the Tarim Basin and flows into the basin, forming a centripetal water system.
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The river system of the Tarim River Basin is composed of 144 rivers originating from the Tianshan Mountains, the Pamir Plateau, the Karakoram Mountains, the Kunlun Mountains and the Altun Mountains around the Tarim Basin.
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Water source of the Tarim River completely comes from the tributaries originating from the surrounding mountainous areas, and the sediment content is very high.
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The Tarim River is a naturally dissipative river in history, with an average annual water consumption of 1.
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Precipitation in the Tarim River Basin is extremely scant, and in some years it is nonexistent.
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The name Tarim is applied to the river formed by the union of the Aksu River, flowing from the north, and Yarkand River, coming from the southwest, near the Aral City in western Xinjiang.
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The main stream of the Tarim River is divided into upper, middle and lower sections: the upper section above Yangji Baza is the upper section, where the river bed is not bifurcated, the side erosion is strong, the meandering flow is developed, and the river bed is unstable; the middle section from Yangji Baza to Qunke, There are many forks, lakes and swamps here.
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Vegetation in the Tarim Basin is mainly located along the river and its branches.
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Tarim River is frequently diverted, the river has a large sediment content, and the erosion and deposition change frequently.
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The Tarim River Basin is a corridor-like distribution of the largest primitive Populus euphratica forest in the world.
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The Tarim River is a primitive river with few dikes along the river, and it is allowed to overflow during flood periods.
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However, due to the increase in the irrigation area and water consumption in front of the source area, the amount of water supplied to the main stream of the Tarim River has decreased from 6 billion cubic meters in the 1950s to The 4.
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Some Chinese originally considered the Tarim to be the upper course of the Yellow River but, by the time of the Former Han Dynasty, it was known that it drains into Lop Nur, a series of salt lakes.
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