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The Hotan River is a river that passes through the Taklimakan Desert, with a total length of 1,127 kilometers. Its upper reaches are composed of two tributaries, one is the Yulong Kashi River and the other is the Karakash River. Both originate in the Kunlun Mountains. After confluence, it is called Hotan River. The lower reaches of Hotan River are typical plain wandering rivers, with wide and shallow riverbeds, meandering rivers, many heart beaches and side beaches, and natural forests dominated by poplar gray and poplar euphratica in bands along the river banks. Distribution, wild animals often come and go, the wide riverbed becomes a sandy beach every year after the flood, blown by the wind, the quicksand ripples in waves, and under the scorching sun, it looks like a rippling river from a distance.
Every year from June to August is the flood season, and the flood water discharged from the Hotan River can pass through the desert and enter the Tarim River, which is the best time for rafting. The Hotan River is a green corridor connecting the north-south traffic in the Tarim Basin, and its military and economic status is very important. For thousands of years, merchants have traveled from Awati to Hotan, and then to Shule, by chariot, horse, or camel. It is the link connecting Awati oasis with Moyu and Hetian oasis, and has become an important thoroughfare of the ancient silk road. , It has played the role of a bridge for the cultural and economic integration of the Central Plains and West Asia.
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