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	提兹那甫河 (Chinese)[1] 提孜那甫河 (Chinese)[2] تىزناپ دەرياسى (Uyghur) تىزنېف دەريۇ (Sarikoli)
Location
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region[3]
Physical characteristics
Length	335 kilometres[4]

Historically, the Tizinafu River was once a tributary of the Yarkand River and gradually evolved into an independent river under 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.