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The Yanqi Basin is formed on the basement of the Kuruktag fold belt and the southern Tianshan fold belt and located in the inland region of the Central Asia and in the transition zone between the Junggar Basin and the Tarim Basin. The Yanqi Basin is a typical arid region with extremely low precipitation (<100 mm/year) but strong evaporation (>2000 mm/year). The main soil types are brown desert soil and alluvial soil, which were developed from limestone parent materials. Land use types/coverages include cropland, shrubland, and desert land. The basin has access to water resources from the Kaidu River and underground waters, which are mainly from melting snows in the Tianshan Mountain. Bosten Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Xinjiang, which is the final converging place for the surface water and groundwater in the Yanqi Basin. Its main inflow water is from the Kaidu River on the west, and outflow is from the Kongque River on the southwest.
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Tian, C., Zhang, L., Zhao, S. (2018). Introduction of the Yanqi Basin and Bosten Lake. In: Wang, X., Yu, Z., Wang, J., Zhang, J. (eds) Carbon Cycle in the Changing Arid Land of China . Springer Earth System Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7022-8_2
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