Tizinafu River

The Tizinafu River (Uyghur: تىزناپ دەرياسى, Tiznap deryasi; Chinese: 提兹那甫河, 提孜那甫河), also spelled Tiznef River, [5] Tiznaf River, [6] Tiznap River, [7] Tizinapu River,[8] formerly known as the Tingzaabu River (听杂阿布河),[9] is a river in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region[10] of the People's Republic of China, located in southeast Kashi,[11] originates in the northern slope of the Kunlun Mountains.[12]

Tizinafu River
Native name
Location
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region[3]
Physical characteristics
Length335 kilometres[4]

Historically, Tizinafu River was once a tributary of the Yarkand River, and has gradually evolved into an independent river under the influence of water diversion from the plain irrigation area. [13] The river has a total length of 335 kilometers, [14] a catchment area of about 20,390 square kilometers, and an average annual runoff of about 845 million cubic meters.

References
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  6. M. Aurel Stein (2 October 2014). Ruins of Desert Cathay. Cambridge University Press. pp. 136–. ISBN 978-1-108-07752-1.
  7. Zhou Zhiyi; W. T. Dean (December 1996). Phanerozoic Geology of Northwest China. Vista Science Press. pp. 314–. ISBN 90-6764-228-2.
  8. Li, G.; Tang, Y.; Zhang, R.; Zhao, K. (Sep 9, 2016). "Phylogeography of Diptychus maculatus (Cyprinidae) endemic to the northern margin of the QTP and Tien Shan region". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16 (1): 186. doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0756-3. PMC 5017051. PMID 27613240.
  9. Editorial Committee of Chinese Natural Geography at Chinese Academy of Sciences. Palaeogeography, Volume 10. China Science Publishing & Media. 1984. pp. 197–.
  10. Duan, Y.; Meng, F.; Liu, T.; Huang, Y.; Luo, M.; Xing, W.; De Maeyer, P. (Aug 27, 2019). "Sub-Daily Simulation of Mountain Flood Processes Based on the Modified Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Model". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16 (17): 3118. doi:10.3390/ijerph16173118. PMC 6747331. PMID 31461940.
  11. "Characteristics of water isotopes and ice-snowmelt quantification in the Tizinafu River, north Kunlun Mountains, Central Asia". Quaternary International. Sep 4, 2015.
  12. Yaning Chen (23 March 2014). Water Resources Research in Northwest China. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 132–. ISBN 978-94-017-8017-9.
  13. Chinese History and Physical Geography. Mingwen Bookstore. 1985. ISBN 9789579364072.
  14. Zhang Shangyi (1994). Megaiti County Chronicles. Xinjiang University Press. ISBN 9787563104963.

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