page_title: Tarim River
hierarchical_section_title: Tarim River
caption_attribution_description: English: Crossing the Tarim River, Xinjiang, China
context_page_description: The Tarim River, known in Sanskrit as the Śītā, is an endorheic river in Xinjiang, China. It is the principal river of the Tarim Basin, a desert region of Central Asia between the Tian Shan and Kunlun Mountains. The river historically terminated at Lop Nur, but today reaches no further than Taitema Lake before drying out.
  It is the longest inland river in China, with an annual flow of 4 to 6 billion cubic metres or 158.5 cubic metres per second. Its basin is home to nearly 10 million Uyghur and other ethnic minorities.
context_section_description: The Tarim River (Chinese: 塔里木河; pinyin: Tǎlǐmù Hé; Uyghur: تارىم دەرياسى‎, ULY: Tarim deryasi), known in Sanskrit as the Śītā, is an endorheic river in Xinjiang, China.  It is the principal river of the Tarim Basin, a desert region of Central Asia between the Tian Shan and Kunlun Mountains.  The river historically terminated at Lop Nur, but today reaches no further than Taitema Lake before drying out.
  It is the longest inland river in China, with an annual flow of 4 to 6 billion cubic metres (3,200,000 to 4,900,000 acre⋅ft) or 158.5 cubic metres per second (5,600 cu ft/s). Its basin is home to nearly 10 million Uyghur and other ethnic minorities.
caption: Crossing the Tarim River on Tarim Desert Highway (June, 2012)
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