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	Tarim - LoveToKnow 1911
		TARIM, the principal river of Chinese or Eastern Turkestan, in the middle of Asia.
		Near the head of its delta the Tarim is joined from the N. by the Koncheh-darya, a stream which issues from the lake of Bagrash-kul, its ultimate source being the Khaidu-gol or Khaidyk-gol, which drains the Yulduz valleys of the eastern Tian-shan Mountains.
		Throughout the catchmentbasin of the Tarim the precipitation is governed by the general law, that it increases from N. to S. and from E. to W. Hence, in conformity with this, the largest affluents are in the west.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Tarim (0 words)

	Quenching thirst in Tarim Basin
		To date, a green corridor along the river between the 410,000-square-kilometre Taklimakan Desert on the east and Kuluke Desert on the west, is being revived thanks to the diverted water.
		Following the river's revival, vegetational response, such as the shrubs and poplar, can be seen along the banks of the Tarim River, Zhu wrote in his latest research report.
		Along the highway adjacent to the river, many of the formerly parched desert shrubs are sprouting again.New buds of Chinese tamarisk and poplar are prevalent in spring.
	www.chinapage.org /river/tarim/news2004.html (0 words)

	Tarim - Encyclopedia.com
		Tarim, Mandarin Dayan, chief river of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, NW China, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long, formed by the union of the Aksu and the Yarkant rivers at the western end of the Taklimakan desert, and flowing generally east, along the northern edge of the desert, to Lop Nur, a largely dried-up salt lake.
		The river, which is silt-laden, gives its name to the arid Tarim basin, a great depression, c.800 mi (1,290 km) long and 400 mi (640 km) wide, surrounded by the lofty Tian Shan, Kunlun, and Pamir mountains; the Taklimakan occupies most of the basin.
		Tarim Oilfield to Output 15.7bn Steres Gas in 2007
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Tarim.html (0 words)

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		Tarim (Arabic: تريم) is a historic town in the Hadhramaut Valley of Yemen.
		The Tarim mummies are a series of mummies discovered in the Tarim Basin in present-day Xinjiang, China, which date from 1800 BC to AD 200.
		Archaeological GIS and Oasis Geography in the Tarim Basin.
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	The Epoch Times \| China’s Longest Inland River Suffers Severe Drought
		It is reported that the flow of the Tarim River was dramatically reduced last year.
		The river basin is 1,200,000 square kilometer (61 percent of the total area of Xinjiang), with a population of 8,257,000 (47 percent of the total population of Xinjiang).
		The ecosystem of the Tarim River is extremely weak.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/5-5-25/29075.html (462 words)

	Global Deserts Outlook
		Ephemeral rivers have value, and although they profoundly affect the lives of the communities and wildlife that live near them (Jacobson and others 1995), their value and vulnerability are small compared to those of the perennial rivers, the good management and conservation of which is of utmost importance.
		In the Colorado River in the U.S., salinity was a minor problem in the 1960s; by the 1980s, nearly 40 per cent of its salinity came from return flow (Law and Hornsby 1982).
		In China, the maximum annual salinity in the upper reaches of the Tarim River rose from 1.3 grams per litre in 1960, to 4.0 in 1981-1984, and to 7.8 in 1998, as it was increasingly supplemented by return flow (Feng and others 2005).
	www.unep.org /geo/gdoutlook/089.asp (1234 words)

	The Epoch Times \| China’s Longest Inland River Suffers Severe Drought
		Xinhua News Agency quoted the Tarim River Basin Management Bureau announcement that the water transfer is from Bositeng Lake.
		This is the seventh emergency water transfer into the Tarim River in the past five years.
		The river basin is 1,200,000 square kilometer (61 percent of the total area of Xinjiang), with a population of 8,257,000 (47 percent of the total population of Xinjiang).
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-5-25/29075.html (462 words)

	III TWM Program
		In the case of large, complex, and heavily modified river systems, such as the Tarim River basin, the potential impacts of climate changes can be understood by detecting the long-term trends of both climatological and hydrological processes.
		The ecological environment in Tarim river basin is extremely vulnerable, the contradiction between the ecological protection and the economic development is increasingly extrusive during the exploitation and utilization of water resources, and the sustainable development of the regional society and economy is seriously restricted.
		The results showed that the period of Aksu river is 17 years；periods of Hotan river are 10 and 17 years and the period of Yarkand river is 17 years.
	www.uclm.es /congresos/twm/Abstracts/abstract101.htm (344 words)

	CHINA FACTS & FIGURES 2002 - china.org.cn
		The Tarim River in Xinjiang is the largest inland river in China.
		Songhuajiang River: It flows 2,308 km, with a drainage area of 557,180 square km and an annual runoff of 76.2 billion cubic meters.
		Pearl River: The largest in south China, it flows 2,214 km, with a drainage area of 453,690 square km and an annual runoff of 333.8 billion cubic meters.
	china-hiking.com /ChinaStatus/geography/Rivers.htm (575 words)

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		The Qarqan River drains water from the Kunlun Shan, a mountain range at the southern border of the Tarim Basin.
		The wide lakes north of the Tarim River are reservoirs.
		Numerous buried drainage channels of the east- flowing Tarim River are readily visible in the radar image.
	daac.gsfc.nasa.gov /geomorphology/GEO_8/GEO_PLATE_E-26.HTML (704 words)

	Wise Use Workshop announced for China, June 2001
		The Tarim River as the longest inland river within China and is the main river in the prefecture.
		The Tarim River is the longest inland river in China with a total length of 2100 km.
		The Tarim River Nature Reserve is situated in the middle reaches of the River.
	www.ramsar.org /wn/w.n.china_mtg_2001.htm (0 words)

	Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program
		Rivers and runoff coming from the mountains enable these regions to support fruits and vegetables, as well as cotton at Kashgar.
		The northern region comprises the Zungharian Basin and the Ili River valley, surrounded by the Altay Shan mountains and the Tian Shan.
		However, more than a decade before this rail link to the west was completed, the Tarim River, known in Uyghur history as the mother river, had ceased to flow from Kashgar east to Lop Nur.
	www.silkroadstudies.org /new/inside/forum/WPC_2005_0328.htm (910 words)

	River Systems of the World
		River water is diverted for agricultural irrigation, industry, hygiene, and related uses.
		Where possible, diverted water may be returned to the river clean and near the point of diversion; specifically, some municipal water supplies treat their sewage and return fairly clean water to the river.
		Most rivers are not so lucky: either the water comes back contaminated with pollutants, or not at all.
	www.rev.net /~aloe/river (0 words)

	RFA: China Moves Farmers as Tarim River Waters Dwindle
		Chinese authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang are relocating hundreds of ethnic minority farming families along the dwindling Tarim River.
		In the current wave of relocations, more than 700 families on land reclaimed from the Tarim River are being moved to farmland near Yuli county, about an hour south of Korla, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
		Since then, large-scale land reclamation along the river has consumed large amounts of water for irrigation, and a further 320 kms of the river had run dry by the early 1970s.
	www.rfa.org /english/uyghur/2006/04/03/uyghur_tarimriver (0 words)

	Tarim University
		In May 2004, the university was renamed Tarim University approved by the Ministry of Education.
		The university campus, covering an area of 2,500mu, lies on the north bank of Tarim River in Alar city.
		Tarim University comprises eight schools and colleges, offering 26 specialties for undergraduates and 2 specialties leading to master degrees.
	www.chinatefl.com /xinjiang/teach/xj-talm.htm (0 words)

	Geograply of China
		Melting snow and ice from the mountains of western China and the Qinghai -Tibet Plateau are the main sources of the headwaters for the country's largest rivers: the Yangtze (Chang Jiang), Yellow (Huang He), Mekong (Lancang Jiang) and Salween (Nu Jiang) rivers.
		The Yangtze River, the nation's largest river and the third longest in the world, after the Nile and the Amazon, originates on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, has a length of 6,300 kilometers,and runs through spectacular gorges.
		The Yellow River, about 5460km long and the second longest river in China, is described as the birthplace of Chinese civilization.
	www.topchinatravel.com /information-of-china/geograply_of_china.asp (0 words)

	Water Transfusion Starts for Tarim River
		The water is pouring into the lower reaches of the river at a speed of 20 cubic meters per minute and some 300 million cubic meters of water will be diverted, he added.
		The 1,321 km-long Tarim River runs west to east along the northern edge of the Taklimakan Desert, China's largest desert, and flows into Taitema Lake.
		The 320 km section of the lower reaches of the river and Taitema Lake dried up in 1972 because of excessive use for farming irrigation.
	www.china.org.cn /english/environment/91992.htm (0 words)

	China Tackles Environment-damaged Longest Inland River
		The 1,321-kilometer-long Tarim River, the longest inland river in China, runs from the west to the east along the northern verge of the Taklimakan Desert, the biggest moving desert in the country, and flows into the Taitema Lake in Xinjiang.
		The Tarim River has for a long time irrigated the towns and oasises in the river valley area, which is a major production base of quality cotton, pears and apricots in China.
		The Tarim River is expected to flow again into the Taitema Lake, its original destination, by 2020, local officials said.
	english.people.com.cn /english/200007/25/eng20000725_46395.html (0 words)

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		Head of the Tarim River Valley Administration in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygure Autonomous Region, Zhu rejoiced at the refurbished landscape along the middle and lower reaches of the river, which features exuberant diversiform-leaved poplar forests and hovering swans, egrets and other waterfowls.
		Praised as the mother river of Xinjiang, the 1,321-km-long Tarim covers a total area of two thirds of the autonomous region and supports half of the region's total population.
		A disappointing report by the Tarim River Valley Administration in 1996 showed that in the 30-year-period between the 1960s and 1990s, the mainstream of the Tarim River shortened by one fourth, the "green corridor" shrank from 54,000 hectares to 13,000 hectares, and the diversiform-leaved poplar forests declined 67,000 hectares.
	www.tt7.org /what_is_hgh.html (637 words)

	Western China tour, Tour in Western China, China tour, Western china tour trekking itineraries
		Most of the large rivers find their source in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and as a result China is rich in water-power resources, leading the world in hydropower potential, with reserves of 680 million kw.
		The Yellow River is the second-largest river in China, 5,464 km in length, with a catchment area of 752,000 sq km.
		The Yellow River valley was one of the birthplaces of ancient Chinese civilization.
	www.pigeontravels.com /western_china/information_about_china/rivers.php (530 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Desert Expands in Northwestern China
		According to a Xinhua News Agency report, Tarim River is the longest inland river in China, and is also the mother river for millions of people in Southern Xinjiang, nourishing the ecology of the oasis.
		The Tarim River’s termination in the lower reaches and the ensuing deterioration of ecology are due mainly to the overuse of water in source areas, as well as in the upper and middle reaches of the river.
		It is reported that the area of illegally cultivated wild land in Tarim River’s drainage area, from 2001 to last July, amounted to 132,000 Chinese acres; among them, more than 20,000 Chinese acres have been illegally cultivated since the second half of last year.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/4-9-13/23218.html (526 words)

	The Star, Malaysia : River Pollution - Checking troubled waters
		The Tarim River after its restoration programme, which managed to halt the encroaching desert zone and bring back water to the riverbed and associated floodplains.
		Thanks to the campaign, the Klang River has been desilted, animal farms relocated, programmes to bring fish life back in the upper catchment areas were carried out, and thrash booms were placed in the lower reaches of the river.
		The Tarim, which runs 2,100km through the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in western China, had for the past 40 years been experiencing a sharp reduction in water flow in its middle and lower basins, and intensified desertification which ate into its poplar woodland.
	www.ecologyasia.com /news-archives/2003/feb-03/thestar_20030208_3.htm (2211 words)

	Geomorphology: Chapter 4 Plate F-18
		Renewed uplift in the Cenozoic produced the present dichotomy between the Tian Shan and the Tarim Basin that is evident on this Landsat scene.
		The Tarim Basin is named for the Tarim River, which is fed by snow and glaciers of the Tian Shan, the Kunlun Mountains of northern Tibet, and the Pamirs of the China/Afghanistan/ U.S. border region.
		Although annual rainfall averages less than 100 mm, the flow of the Tarim River maintains riparian woodlands, as shown at the bottom center of the Landsat scene.
	daac.gsfc.nasa.gov /geomorphology/GEO_4/GEO_PLATE_F-18.shtml (767 words)

	Image & Photo Gallery :: Diversifolius Poplar Trees & the Tarim River
		90% of China's diversifolius poplar trees are in Xinjiang, growing on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert along the Tarim River.
		The diversifolius poplar trees are awesome against the still waters of the Tarim River and the sands of the Taklamakan.
		A bird's eye of the Tarim River and diversifolius poplar trees, taken from the backseat of the ultra-light.
	china.notspecial.org /gallery/album30 (0 words)

	Urantia Book, Paper 79 -- Andite Expansion In The Orient
		For almost fifteen thousand years centers of mixed Andite culture persisted in the basin of the Tarim River in Sinkiang and to the south in the highland regions of Tibet, where the Andites and Andonites had extensively mingled.
		The Tarim valley was the easternmost outpost of the true Andite culture.
		B.C. the slowly increasing aridity of the highland regions of central Asia began to drive the Andites to the river bottoms and the seashores.
	www.theoquest.com /ubcenter/ubook/79-1.cfm (698 words)

	Tarim River Should Be Harnessed: Experts
		To protect the environment and ecology of the river's valley, more efforts should be made to control the water usage in the upper reaches, bring under control the middle reaches and protect the green belt in the lower part, the experts said.
		As the longest inland river of the country, Tarim runs 1,321 kilometers and nurtures a population of 7.8 million in the arid Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
		The drying out of the river in some sections has resulted in the dropping of underground water levels, the worsening of water quality and the abandoning of farming land.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /english/200006/07/eng20000607_42404.html (0 words)

	Water Saving Called for Along China's Longest Inland River
		The 1,321 kilometer long Tarim River runs from west to east along the northern verge of the Taklimakan Desert, the biggest moving desert in the country, and used to flow into the Taitema Lake in Xinjiang.
		Due to a sharp increase in water use on the upper and middle reaches of the river, the river has become shorter and shorter.
		Research shows that the areas surrounding the lower reaches of the river have become the largest desert area in Xinjiang and the desert area is expanding more rapidly than in other areas of Xinjiang.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/55/466.html (339 words)

	Glaciers on the Roof of the World at Risk
		Further down river, impoverished people are also those that are the most severely exposed to the risk of floods and seasonal drought, as they often have to settle in flood-risk areas," he added.
		The rest of the area's rivers, including the Huang He or Yellow River; the Indus; the Amu Darya; the Ganges and Salween, have on average just 2.5 percent of their basins protected.
		While many of these rivers are critical to hundreds of millions of people, seasonal scarcity of water is an increasing problem as are floods as a result of land-use changes such as deforestation and intensive agriculture.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/sep2005/2005-09-06-03.asp (1786 words)

	Geography of China (Topography, Rivers, Climate)
		Most of the large rivers find their source in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and as a result China is rich in waterpower resources, leading the world in hydropower potential, with reserves of 680 million kw.
		The Ertix River flows from the Xingjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the Artic Ocean.
		The Yangtze is the largest river in China, and the third-longest in the world, next only to the Nile in northeast Africa and the Amazon in South America.
	www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/china/geography.htm (1489 words)

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