Shrinkage history of Lake Qinghai and causes during the last 52 years

ISWREP 2011 - Proceedings of 2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 446-449

  Dong, Hongmei ^a   Song, Yougui ^b  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

climate changes; human activities; Lake Qinghai; water area; water level

Indexed keywords

AREA-CHANGES; AVERAGE RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAKE AREAS; LAKE LEVELS; SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEMS; WARMING CLIMATE; WATER AREA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SHRINKAGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER LEVELS; WATER RESOURCES;

LAKES;

EID: 79960734185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5893040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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