Effect of forest on annual water yield in the mountains of an arid inland river basin: A case study in the Pailugou catchment on northwestern China's Qilian Mountains

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 613-621

  He, Zhibin ^a   Zhao, Wenzhi ^a   Liu, Hu ^a   Tang, Zhenxing ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Annual water yield; Arid inland river basin; Picea crassifolia forest; Qilian Mountains

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; CANOPY INTERCEPTION; CATCHMENT AREA; DOWNSTREAM WATER SUPPLY; FOREST COVER; INLAND RIVER BASIN; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; PICEA CRASSIFOLIA FORESTS; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; REGIONAL LEVELS; RUNOFF DEPTH; STUDY AREAS; TREE GROWTH; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER BALANCE; WATER YIELD;

CATCHMENTS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

FORESTRY;

ARID REGION; CATCHMENT; EVAPORATION; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTERCEPTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER BUDGET; WATER YIELD;

FORESTRY; MOUNTAINS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SHEDS; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

PICEA; PICEA CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 84856239071     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8162     Document Type: Article

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