The researchers collected surface water samples at 34 locations across the Tarim River Basin and measured the concentration of PTEs (As, Co, Cu, and Ni) in the samples.

More information: Yifeng Hou et al, Land structure change and ecological effects under future development scenarios in Tarim River Basin, Central Asia, Geography and Sustainability (2025). DOI: 10 ...

The Tarim River Basin is a desert region bordered by Mongolia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and the approaches used so successfully in this region may be equally ...

"Irrigation water supply is critical to protect the forests," said He Yu, an official with the Xinjiang Tarim River Basin Management Bureau, noting that the bureau has made detailed annual water ...

For several decades, the lower Tarim river, in proximity of the new transport corridors, had been in the eye of a major ecological disaster. The upper part of the 2,030 km river was heavily dammed ...

Over the past two decades, China has invested more than 10 billion yuan (about 1.5 billion U. S. dollars) to protect the ecosystem in the lower Tarim region. A National Nature Reserve of 390,000 ...

Quenching Thirst in Tarim Basin ... The 1,321-kilometer Tarim River runs west to east along the northern edge of the Taklimakan Desert, China's largest, and flows into Taitema Lake.

But the Tarim Basin mummies have also become political flashpoints. The Tarim Basin is located in the modern-day Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, land claimed by China’s Uyghur minority.

Between 1992 and 2020, the Tarim River Basin experienced substantial land-use changes, with cropland, grassland, and woodland expanding while barren land declined by about 20,597 km². The ...

Desert poplars in Tarim River. [Photo/VCG] URUMQI - Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region launched a three-year project on populus euphratica forest restoration along the Tarim River ...