Tuman River

{{Short description|River in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China}}

{{For|the river separating China and North Korea|Tumen River}}

{{Coord|39.4875|75.9676|display=title}}

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The Tuman River ({{zh|c=吐曼河|p=Tǔmàn Hé}}; {{langx|ug|تۇمەن دەرياسى|translit=Tumen Deryasi}}) is a river in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. The name comes from the Uyghur word "tuman" ({{lang|ug|تۇمان, Тумән}}) meaning "fog". The Tuman is a minor tributary of the Tarim Basin. It is {{convert|77.6|km|mi}} long and receives the water from {{convert|487|km2|mi2}} of land.{{Cite web|url=http://eng.hi138.com/?i221711_Tuman_River_Area_of_|title=Tuman River Area of the importance of environmental protection|date=2010-04-02|access-date=2011-12-19|publisher=hi138.com}} The oasis city of Kashgar is located on the Tuman's south bank.{{Cite book|title=A Muslim Who Became a Christian|first1=John|last1=Avetaranian|first2=Richard|last2=Schafer|first3=John|last3=Bechard|publisher=Authors On Line Ltd|year=2003|page=208}}{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of China: History and Culture|first=Dorothy |last=Perkins|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|pages=254–55|url={{google books|KMQeAgAAQBAJ|page=255|plainurl=yes}}}}