Environmental effects of water resource development and use in the Tarim River basin of northwestern China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 202-210

  Qi, Feng ^a   Wei, Liu ^a   Jianhua, Si ^a   Yonghong, Su ^a   Yewu, Zhang ^a   Zongqiang, Cang ^a   Haiyang, Xi ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Changes in water and soil resources; Ecosystem degradation; Tarim River basin

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES; SOIL COMPONENTS; TARIM RIVER BASIN;

WATER RESOURCES;

WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; WORLD; XINJIANG UYGUR;

POPULUS EUPHRATICA;

EID: 23744441935     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-1288-0     Document Type: Article

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