River section and water user

Annual runoff [km³/a]

Upper reaches

Inflow at Aral

2.50

3.00

3.50

4.00

4.50

4.65

5.00

5.50

6.00

6.50

7.00

Economic activities

0.37

0.37

0.37

0.41

0.41

0.41

0.41

0.41

0.41

0.41

0.41

Environmental flow

0.72

0.93

1.15

1.32

1.54

1.60

1.76

1.97

2.19

2.40

2.62

Runoff released into middle reaches

1.42

1.70

1.99

2.27

2.56

2.64

2.84

3.12

3.41

3.69

3.97

Middle reaches

Runoff at Yingbaza

1.42

1.70

1.99

2.27

2.56

2.64

2.84

3.12

3.41

3.69

3.97

Oil exploitation

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.12

Other economic activities

0.30

0.30

0.30

0.35

0.35

0.35

0.35

0.35

0.35

0.35

0.35

Environmental flow

0.73

0.95

1.18

1.37

1.60

1.66

1.83

2.06

2.29

2.51

2.74

Runoff released into lower reaches

0.27

0.33

0.38

0.43

0.49

0.51

0.54

0.60

0.65

0.71

0.76

Lower reaches

Water transferred from Konqi River

0.45

0.45

0.45

0.45

0.45

0.45

0.45

0.45

0.45

0.45

0.45

Runoff at Qala Station

0.72

0.78

0.83

0.88

0.94

0.96

0.99

1.05

1.10

1.16

1.21

Economic activities

0.41

0.41

0.41

0.46

0.46

0.46

0.46

0.46

0.46

0.46

0.46

Environmental flow

0.09

0.10

0.12

0.12

0.14

0.15

0.17

0.21

0.24

0.28

0.31

Runoff released into the lower reaches below Daxihaizi

0.23

0.26

0.30

0.31

0.34

0.35

0.36

0.38

0.40

0.42

0.44