Assessing the groundwater dynamics and impacts of water saving in the Hetao Irrigation District, Yellow River basin

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-313

  Xu, Xu ^a   Huang, Guanhua ^a   Qu, Zhongyi ^b   Pereira, Luis S ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Groundwater balance; Groundwater irrigation relationship; Irrigation systems; Simulation modeling; Water table decline; Water saving practices

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; BALANCE MODEL; CANAL SYSTEMS; CAPILLARY RISE; CROPPING PATTERNS; DATA SETS; DEEP PERCOLATION; DELIVERY SCHEDULES; DIRECT-EVAPORATION; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUND WATER TABLE; GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER EVAPORATIONS; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION SCHEMES; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; IRRIGATION WATERS; LUMPED PARAMETER; PLANT ROOTS; REGULATION AND CONTROL; RIVER BASINS; SALINITY CONTROL; SIMULATION MODELING; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DYNAMICS; VEGETATION GROWTH; WATER SCARCITY; WATER TABLE DECLINE; WATER TABLES; WATER-SAVING; WATER-SAVING IRRIGATION; WATER-SAVING PRACTICES; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EVAPORATION; FORECASTING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRRIGATION; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOLVENTS; VEGETATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CANAL; DATA SET; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MODEL VALIDATION; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE;

CHINA; HETAO; NEI MONGGOL; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 78249262088     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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