喀拉米兰河位于新疆且末县塔克拉玛干沙漠南侧，为新疆地区较大内陆河流，流域集水区山体高大、陡峭，最高海拔达6264m，上游河床宽约300m。喀拉米兰河是冰川融雪与降雨混合补给型河流，该河流横穿阿尔金山大断裂，集巨厚的第四系堆积体、两岸陡立岸坡、鸡爪地形等复杂地形地质条件和沙漠内陆河特殊的水文气象条件于一体，水能资源蕴藏量较丰富。其开发的水能发电可用于矿山企业用电，也可用于农业灌溉及城镇居民用电。本次查勘河流长度约26km，总落差620m，梯级布置5级，规划总装机27.6MW，年发电量约1.69亿kw.h。

The Karamiran River is located in the south Taklimakan Desert Qiemo County of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is a large continental river in Xinjiang, and the catchment area has the characteristics of high and steep mountains, the highest elevation of 6264 m, and the width of the river bed is about 300 m in upstream stretch. The discharge is mainly supplied by snow melting water and rainfall, it crosses the Altun fault zone, integrates into the extremely thick Quaternary System sediments, steep slopes at both banks, chicken claws-like terrain and other complicated topographic and geologic conditions, special hydrological and meteorological conditions as the continental river, and has abundant reserves of waterpower resources, the Karamiran River HEP is proposed be used for mining enterprises, agricultural irrigation and urban dwellers. The length of the surveyed river is 26 km, with an available fall of 620 m, it is proposed that this stretch HEP be developed in five stages and as cascade developments, the total installed capacity is 27.6 MW, and the total annual energy of 169 GW.h, has been estimated to be generated.