Estimation of groundwater recharge and its relation to land degradation: case study of a semi-arid river basin in Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 6791-6803

  Rafiei Emam, Ammar ^a   Kappas, Martin ^a   Akhavan, Samira ^b   Hosseini, Seyed Zeinalabedin ^c   Abbaspour, Karim C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Groundwater recharge; Land subsidence; Razan Ghahavand; SWAT; SWAT CUP; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CROPS; EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; SOIL CONSERVATION; SUBSIDENCE; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

GROUND WATER RECHARGE; LAND SUBSIDENCE; RAZAN-GHAHAVAND; SWAT; SWAT-CUP; WATER BALANCE;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; CALIBRATION; CROP YIELD; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND DEGRADATION; MODEL VALIDATION; RECHARGE; RIVER BASIN; SEMIARID REGION; SUBSIDENCE; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

IRAN;

EID: 84943200524     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4674-2     Document Type: Article

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