Tarim

[ tah-reem ]

noun

1. a river in northwestern China, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. About 1,300 miles (2,090 km) long.

Tarim

/ ˈtɑːˈriːm /

noun

1. a river in NW China, in Xinjiang: flows east along the N edge of the Taklimakan Shama desert, dividing repeatedly and forming lakes among the dunes, finally disappearing in the Lop Nor depression; the chief river of Xinjiang; drains the great Tarim Basin between the Tian Shan and Kunlun mountain systems of central Asia, an area of about 906 500 sq km (350 000 sq miles). Length: 2190 km (1360 miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tarim¹

First recorded in 1840–45; from Chinese Tǎlǐmù Hé, Uyghur Tarim deryasi

Example Sentences

Milk proteins found in dental tartar from seven Tarim mummies indicated that those people regularly consumed dairy products, a practice possibly learned from Afanasievo descendants in the Dzungarian Basin, the researchers say.

From Science News

The Tarim basin may well have been a great lake surrounded by a zone of garden instead of the sandy waste which it is to-day.

From Project Gutenberg

Another important argument is, as we have mentioned, based on the bulk of water discharged by the Tarim at its mouth.

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Crossing the Tarim he reached Niya where he discovered in a sand-buried settlement documents in the Indian language.

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This made the Tarim basin secure for the Chinese, and threatened the Hsiung-nu with a new danger in their rear.

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On the other hand, from 650 onward the Tibetans gained immensely in power, and pushed from the south into the Tarim basin.

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