Oasis evolution and water resource utilization of a typical area in the inland river basin of an arid area: A case study of the Manas River valley

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 683-692

  Zhang, Qingqing ^a,b,c   Xu, Hailiang ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Fan, Zili ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a   Yu, Pujia ^a,b,c   Ling, Hongbo ^a,b,c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b National Field Observation and Research Station for Oasis Farmland Ecosystem in Aksu   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arid area; Inland river; Manas River valley; Oasis evolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARID AREA; CENTRAL ASIA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FIELD SURVEYS; HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES; INLAND RIVER BASIN; INLAND RIVERS; LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT; OASIS EVOLUTION; RAPID EXPANSION; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; RIVER VALLEY; SCALE CONTROL; WATER CONSERVANCY; WATER PROJECTS; WATER RESOURCE UTILIZATION; WATER UTILIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; EXPANSION; GROUNDWATER; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LANDFORMS; PLANNING; RIVERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHEDS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ARID REGION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FIELD SURVEY; INLAND SEA; OASIS; RECLAIMED LAND; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; MANAS OASIS; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84860353093     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1276-5     Document Type: Article

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