Effects of ecological water conveyance on groundwater dynamics and riparian vegetation in the lower reaches of Tarim River, China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-177

  Chen, Yaning ^a   Chen, Yapeng ^a   Xu, Changchun ^b   Ye, Zhaoxia ^a   Li, Zhongqin ^c   Zhul, Chenggang ^a   Ma, Xiaodong ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Groundwater recharge; Riparian vegetation; The Tarim River; Water conveyance

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER RECHARGE; ARID ECOSYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUND WATER TABLE; GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; OVERBANK FLOW; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT SPECIES; POPULUS EUPHRATICA; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER COURSE; TARIM RIVER; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; WATER CONVEYANCE; XINJIANG;

AQUIFERS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; RESTORATION; RIVERS; VEGETATION;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER CONTROL; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECHARGE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; WATER DEPTH; WATER TABLE;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

POPULUS EUPHRATICA;

EID: 77949572715     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7429     Document Type: Article

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