Tamarixnabkhaisoneofthemostwidespreadnabkhas,distributinginthearidregionofChina.Basedontheobservationsoutdoorsandthesimulationexperimentsinlaboratories,analysisinthispaperreferstothebiologicalgeomorphologicfeaturesandgrowthprocessofTamarixnabkhasinthemiddleandlowerreachesoftheHotanRiver,Xin-jiang.AndtheresultsindicatethattheecologicaltypeofTamarixinthestudyareaisakindofTugaicsoilhabitatbasedonthedeepsoilofthePopuluspersifoliaforestsandshrubs.Thistypeofhabitatcanbepidedintothreekindsofsub-habitatswhichdemonstratethefeaturesofecologicalenvironmentofTamarixnabkhasduringthedifferentialdevelopedphases.Meanwhile,theTamarixnabkhacanexertintensifieddisturbancecurrentonwind-sandflowontheground,anditsrootandstemsnotonlyhavestrongpotentialofsproutingbutarecharacteristicofwinderosion-tolerance,resistancetobeburiedbysandandrespectivelytoughrigidofthelignifiedbranches,forithasaratherlongerlife-time.Thus,thewindspeedprofileinfluencedbytheTamarixnabkhaisdifferentfromthePhragmitesnabkhaandAlhaginabkha.Andthestructureofthewindflowisbeneficialtoaeoliansandaccumulatingin/aroundTamarixshrub,whichcancreateuniqueTamarixnabkhaswithhigheraveragegradientandlongerperiodicityoflife.Tamarixnabkhaevolutionintheareaexperiencedthreestages:growthstage,matureandsteadystageandwitheringstage.Ineachstage,morpho-logicalfeaturesandgeomorphicprocessofTamarixnabkhaaredifferentduetothediscrepantinteractionbetweenthenabkhaandaeoliansandflow.
