Tarim River, which means "a horse without a rein" and "farmland and ploughing" in Uighur. Located in the north of Tarim Basin in Xinjiang. Originated in Tianshan Mountains and Karakorum Mountains, along the northern edge of Taklimakan Desert, passing through the south of Aksu, Shaya, Kuqa, Luntai, Korla, Yuli and other counties (cities), and finally flowing into taitema lake.
The main stream of Tahe River was first injected into Lop Nur, but due to the decrease of river water, the river oscillated, leading to diversion. 1972 The front tail water reaches taitema lake in the north of Ruoqiang County and retreats to Daxihaizi Reservoir in Tieganrik.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, when the whole basin was treated, water began to reach Tetema Lake. Tarim River is the mother river of southern Xinjiang, and the oasis south of Tianshan Mountain is basically irrigated by Tarim River water.
Tarim River, with a basin area of 6.5438+0.02 million square kilometers. The total length is 2 179 km (there are 2,327,13,2 1, and if the longest tributary Hotan River is the longest inland river in China and the fifth largest inland river in the world, it is 2,376 km).
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Tarim River is an ancient river. According to the historical records of the 6th century A.D., the Tarim River was called Mishui, and this name remained in use until the early Tang Dynasty. The Water Classic Annotation is called "South River", "Map of Western Regions" is "Erseguole", and Mongolian means "flowing water". Later, it is also called the plan of keeping water and planning the first water, all of which are transliteration differences.
According to the draft of Qing history, this river in the early Qing Dynasty was called Tarim River, which means horse without reins in Uygur language. It is described that this river often changes direction like a wild horse. In the 24th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (18 19), Vae wrote: "The Uighur language (Uyghur) calls' cultivated land' Tarim, which means that people living by the river take farming as their occupation.
165438+In the 20th century, the famous Uighur linguist Mahmoud Kashigar in China commented in the Dictionary of Turkic Language that "Talm" is a Turkic language, "a tributary of a river that flows into a lake or desert".