Groundwater dynamics under water-saving irrigation and implications for sustainable water management in an oasis: Tarim River basin of western China

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3951-3967

  Zhang, Z ^a   Hu, H ^a   Tian, F ^a   Yao, X ^b   Sivapalan, M ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xinjiang Tarim River Basin Management Bureau   (China)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; TARIM RIVER BASIN; WATER-SAVING IRRIGATION; WESTERN CHINA;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; OASIS; SALINIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VADOSE ZONE; WATER BUDGET; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84907940013     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-3951-2014     Document Type: Article

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