The effects of human activities on Oasis climate and hydrologic environment in the Aksu River Basin, Xinjiang, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1759-1769

  Wang, Guoya ^a   Shen, Yongping ^a   Zhang, Jiangang ^b   Wang, Shunde ^c   Mao, Weiyi ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Tarim River Basin Administration   (China)

^c Aksu Hydrology and Water Resource Bureau   (China)

^d NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Human activities Impact Oasis climate and hydrological environment The Aksu River Basin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LAND RECLAMATION; RIVERS; SHORE PROTECTION; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

GROUND WATER TABLE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; HUMAN INTERVENTION; LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT; OASIS AGRICULTURES; RIVER BASINS; WATER CONSUMPTION;

REPLENISHMENT (WATER RESOURCES);

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND RECLAMATION; OASIS; RIVER BASIN; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

AKSU BASIN; ASIA; CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77955134356     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0158-6     Document Type: Article

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