Suitable oasis scales under a government plan in the Kaidu-Konqi River Basin of northwest arid region, China.

ABSTRACT: The Yanqi Basin and the Konqi River Basin of the Kaidu-Konqi River Basin were chosen as the study sites in this paper in order to investigate suitable scales of natural and artificial oases with a specified water resource and water quantity planned by the local government. Combined with remote-sensing images from 2013, water resources in 2013, 2025 and 2035, and weather and socioeconomic data, suitable scales of oases were analyzed. The results showed that: (1) The total available water quantities in the Yanqi Basin and the Konqi River Basin without river base flow, and the input of water into Bosten Lake and Tarim River, over high-, normal and low-flow periods, in 2025 and 2035, were 19.04 × 10⁸ m³, 10.52 × 10⁸ m³, 4.95 × 10⁸ m^3<

SUBMITTER: Fu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6004107 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature