The Tarim River (Mandarin Tǎlǐmù Hé, 塔里木河; Uyghur: تارىم دەرياسى) is the principal river of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. It gives its name to the great Tarim Basin between the Tian Shan and Kunlun Mountains systems (the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau) of Central Asia.
It is the longest inland river in China with an annual flow of 4-6 billion cubic meters or 158.5 cubic metres per second (5,600 cu ft/s). Its basin is home to nearly 10 million Chinese and other ethnic minorities including Uyghurs and Mongolians.
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