Water Resources Assessment and Regional Virtual Water Potential in the Turpan Basin, China

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3321-3332

  Fang, Shifeng ^a,b   Pei, Huan ^c   Liu, Zhihui ^a   Beven, Keith ^b   Wei, Zhaocai ^a  

^a XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater resources; Regional virtual water potential; Surface water resources; Turpan basin; Water resources assessment

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT OF WATER RESOURCES; CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; GROUND WATER LEVEL; OBSERVATION DATA; REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SCIENTIFIC CALCULATIONS; SCIENTIFIC ISSUES; TURPAN BASIN; TURPAN BASIN , CHINA; UPPER LIMITS; VIRTUAL WATER; WATER RESOURCES ASSESSMENT;

CROPS; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; PLANNING; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER LEVELS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER LEVEL; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

CHINA; TURPAN BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84755161054     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9608-x     Document Type: Article

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