Responses of Surface Runoff to Climate Change and Human Activities in the Arid Region of Central Asia: A Case Study in the Tarim River Basin, China

• Published in: Environmental management (New York) Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 926 - 938
• Main Authors: Xu, Changchun, Chen, Yaning, Chen, Yapeng, Zhao, Ruifeng, Ding, Hui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.04.2013; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; anthropogenic activities; Applied ecology; Aquatic Pollution; Arid zones; Asia, Central; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Biological and medical sciences; Case studies; Central Asia; China; Climate Change; Climatic data; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; Creeks & streams; Distribution patterns; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth, ocean, space; Ecology; Environment; Environmental impact; Environmental Management; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental security; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Forestry Management; Fresh water ecosystems; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Human influences; Humans; Hydrology; irrigation; Irrigation water; Laboratories; Land use; Meteorology; Nature Conservation; Precipitation; River basin management; River basins; Rivers; Runoff; Spatial distribution; Surface chemistry; Surface runoff; Synecology; Trends; Waste Water Technology; Water consumption; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Water quality; Water resources; Water resources management; Water shortages; Water use; watersheds; Central Asia; Asia; China; Asiatic rivers; Asia, Central; Tarim Basin; Human activities; Climate change; Surface runoff; Tarim River; Runoff water; Rivers; River basins; Environmental management; Dynamical climatology; Case study; Human activity; Arid region; Runoff; Response surface; Anthropogenic factor

Based on hydrological and climatic data and land use/cover change data covering the period from 1957 to 2009, this paper investigates the hydrological responses to climate change and to human activities in the arid Tarim River basin (TRB). The results show that the surface runoff of three headstream...