The Manasi River (, ug, ماناس دەرياسى also called Manas) is in the south of
Dzungarian Basin
The Junggar Basin () is one of the largest sedimentary basins in Northwest China. It is located in Xinjiang, and enclosed by the Tarbagatai Mountains of Kazakhstan in the northwest, the Altai Mountains of Mongolia in the northeast, and the Heav ...
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Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
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China.
Historically, the Manas River crossed a large section of the
Gurbantünggüt Desert
The Gurbantünggüt Desert ( kk, Құрбантұңғыт шөлі; ug, قۇربانتۈڭغۈت قۇملۇقى, Qurbantüngghüt Qumluqi; zh, s=古尔班通古特沙漠 , t=古爾班通古特沙漠, p=Gǔ'ěrbāntōnggǔtè Shāmò) occupies a l ...
, terminating in
Lake Manas (); its length then was about long. However, due to the water diversion for irrigation and other needs, the Manas River's water has not reached the eponymous lake since the 1960s, and the lake has gone dry.
[Weiming Cheng, Chenghu Zhou, Jianxin Li]
Research on evolution of Manas Lakes in Xinjiang over last 50 years
(2005).
Numerous reservoirs are constructed on the Manas River and connected streams in the
Shihezi City-
Manas County area, including the Jiahezi Reservoir () with the dam at . The reservoirs and canals form an extensive irrigation system in the area.
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Rivers of Xinjiang
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