Muzart
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Muzart Muzat |
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 Muzart on the map as Muzat |
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| location | Xinjiang ( PR China ) | |
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Muzart Glacier 42 ° 16 ′ 16 ″ N , 80 ° 43 ′ 44 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 3000 m | |
| Splitting up | in several irrigation channels and river arms coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′ 40 ″ N , 82 ° 41 ′ 19 ″ E, 41 ° 41 ′ 40 ″ N , 82 ° 41 ′ 19 ″ E
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| length | approx. 230 km | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Kezi'er dam | |
| Small towns | Xayar | |
The Muzart ( Chinese 木 扎尔特 河 , Pinyin Mùzāěrtè Hé ) also called Muzat ( 木 扎提 河 , Mùzātí Hé ; Russian Музарт ) is a river in the Aksu administrative district in Xinjiang ( PR China ).
The Muzart is fed by the Muzart Glacier . Further north is the 3559 m high Muzart Pass . The Muzart flows south through the Tian Shan . In doing so, it drains a heavily glaciated area that extends as far as the Kazakh border. After about 60 km the river reaches the Tarim Basin and turns towards east-southeast. It forms an alluvial cone. Its water is used to irrigate the surrounding agricultural areas. The Kezi'er dam dams the river at river kilometers 200. Below the dam, the river breaks through a ridge in a southerly direction. 25 km west of the city of Kuqa , the Muzart reaches the actual Tarim Basin. Here it is dammed up again. Below the dam, the river water is divided into numerous irrigation channels and river arms. The Weigan river arm runs south for another 100 km. Historically, the Muzart was a tributary of the Tarim .