The Manasi River (, also called Manas) is in the south of
Dzungarian Basin,
Xinjiang
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China
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Historically, the Manas River crossed a large section of the
Gurbantünggüt Desert, terminating in
Lake Manas (); its length then was about long. However, due to the water diversion for irrigation and other needs, the Manas River's water has not reached the eponymous lake since the 1960s, and the lake has gone dry.
[Weiming Cheng, Chenghu Zhou, Jianxin Li]
Research on evolution of Manas Lakes in Xinjiang over last 50 years
(2005).
Numerous reservoirs are constructed on the Manas River and connected streams in the
Shihezi
Shihezi is a sub-prefecture-level city in Northern Xinjiang, China. It has a population of 380,130 according to the 2010 census. The city is also home to Shihezi University, the second-largest comprehensive university under the Project 211 in Xi ...
City-
Manas County
Manas County is a county in the Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It covers an area of and census it had a population of 170,000.
The county seat is the old town of Ma ...
area, including the Jiahezi Reservoir () with the dam at . The reservoirs and canals form an extensive irrigation system in the area.
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Rivers of Xinjiang
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