Groundwater recharge and discharge in a hyperarid alluvial plain (Akesu, Taklimakan Desert, China)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1345-1353

  Tang, Qiuhong ^a   Hu, Heping ^b   Oki, Taikan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater system; Irrigation; Oasis; Tarim River; Wetland

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); IRRIGATION; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RIVERS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER BALANCE METHOD;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; IRRIGATION; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RIVERS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ARID REGION; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; OASIS; RECHARGE; WATER BUDGET; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 34248355156     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6307     Document Type: Article

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