Configuration of water resources for a typical river basin in an arid region of China based on the ecological water requirements (EWRs) of desert riparian vegetation

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 292-304

  Ling, Hongbo ^a   Guo, Bin ^b   Xu, Hailiang ^a   Fu, Jinyi ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Desert riparian vegetation; Ecological water requirement (EWR); Inland river basin; Tarim River; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL WATER REQUIREMENTS; INLAND RIVER BASIN; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BASINS; TARIM RIVER;

WATER RESOURCES;

ARID REGION; EVAPORATION; PHREATIC ZONE; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84908572307     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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