Tuman River

For the river separating China and North Korea, see Tumen River.

39.4875°N 75.9676°E / 39.4875; 75.9676

Tuman
Location
Country	China
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Kashgar River
Basin features
Progression	Kashgar→ Yarkand→ Tarim→ Taitema Lake

The Tuman River (Chinese: 吐曼河; pinyin: Tǔmàn Hé; Uyghur: تۇمەن دەرياسى, romanized: Tumen Deryasi) is a river in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. The name comes from the Uyghur word "tuman" (تۇمان, Тумән) meaning "fog". The Tuman is a minor tributary of the Tarim Basin. It is 77.6 kilometres (48.2 mi) long and receives the water from 487 square kilometres (188 sq mi) of land.^[1] The oasis city of Kashgar is located on the Tuman's south bank.^[2][3]