The headwater loss of the western plateau exacerbates China's long thirst

Ambio

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 271-272

  Wang, Zhongsheng ^a   Zhou, Changfang ^a   Guan, Baohua ^a   Deng, Zifa ^a   Zhi, Yingbiao ^a   Liu, Yuhong ^a   Xu, Chi ^a   Fang, Shubo ^a   Xu, Zheng ^a   Yang, Haibo ^a   Liu, Fude ^a   Zheng, Jianwei ^a   Li, Hongli ^a   An, Shuqing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

GLACIER; HEADWATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WETLAND;

CHINA; HUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33748946010     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/05-S-110.1     Document Type: Short Survey

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