Aksu
Tarim River |
The
Tarim River (Mandarin Dayan) is the principal river
of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the People's
Republic of China.
Formed from the union
of the Aksu and Yarkant, it flows in an eastward
direction around the Taklamakan Desert. It drains
into Lop Nur, a series of salt lakes. Its total
length is 2,090km.
It
is shallow, unsuitable for navigation, and because
of its heavy silt load, forms a braided stream near
its terminus. It gives its name to the arid Tarim
Basin
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