scholarly journals Impact of agricultural development on variation in surface runoff in arid regions: a case of the Aksu River Basin

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
XinHuan ZHANG ◽  
DeGang YANG ◽  
XinYi XIANG ◽  
Xiang HUANG
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Surface Runoff ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Aksu River Basin

scholarly journals Quantification of the impacts of climate change and human agricultural activities on oasis water requirements in an arid region: a case study of the Heihe River basin, China

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingran Liu ◽  
Yanjun Shen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Water Requirement ◽  
Heihe River Basin ◽  
Heihe River ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Water Requirements

Abstract. Ecological deterioration in arid regions caused by agricultural development has become a global issue. Understanding water requirements of the oasis ecosystems and the influences of human agricultural activities and climate change is important for the sustainable development of oasis ecosystems and water resource management in arid regions. In this study, water requirements of the main oasis in Heihe River basin during 1986–2013 were analyzed and the amount showed a sharp increase from 10.8 × 108 m3 in 1986 to 19.0 × 108 m3 in 2013. Both human agricultural activities and climate change could lead to the increase in water requirement. To quantify the contributions of agricultural activities and climate change to the increase in water requirements, partial derivative and slope method were used. Results showed that climate change and human agricultural activities, such as oasis expansion and changes in land cropping structure, has contributed to the increase in water requirement at rates of 6.9, 58.1, and 25.3 %, respectively. Overall, human agricultural activities were the dominant forces driving the increase in water requirement. In addition, the contribution of oasis expanding to the increased water requirement was significantly greater than that of other concerned variables. This reveals that controlling the oasis scale is extremely important and effective for balancing water for agriculture and ecosystems and to achieving a sustainable oasis development in arid regions.

Risk assessment of water resource shortages in the Aksu River basin of northwest China under climate change

2022 ◽  
Vol 305 ◽  
pp. 114394
Author(s):  
Peng Yang ◽  
Shengqing Zhang ◽  
Jun Xia ◽  
Yaning Chen ◽  
Yongyong Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Aksu River Basin

scholarly journals Impacts of conservation tillage on the hydrological and agronomic performance of <i>Fanya juus</i> in the upper Blue Nile (Abbay) river basin

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 4725-4735 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Temesgen ◽  
S. Uhlenbrook ◽  
B. Simane ◽  
P. van der Zaag ◽  
Y. Mohamed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Crop Yield ◽  
Surface Runoff ◽  
Conservation Tillage ◽  
Eragrostis Tef ◽  
Yield Reduction ◽  
Runoff Water ◽  
Blue Nile ◽  
High Rainfall ◽  
Water Logging

Abstract. Adoption of soil conservation structures (SCS) has been low in high rainfall areas of Ethiopia mainly due to crop yield reduction, increased soil erosion following breaching of SCS, incompatibility with the tradition of cross plowing and water-logging behind SCS. A new type of conservation tillage (CT) involving contour plowing and the construction of invisible subsoil barriers using a modified Maresha winged "subsoiler" is suggested as a means to tackle these problems as an integral part of the SCS. We investigated the effect of integrating the CT with SCS on the surface runoff, water-logging, soil loss, crop yield and plowing convenience. The new approach of conservation tillage has been compared with traditional tillage (TT) on 5 farmers' fields in a high rainfall area in the upper Blue Nile (Abbay) river basin. Test crops were wheat [triticum vulgare] and tef [eragrostis tef]. Farmers found CT convenient to apply between SCS. Surface runoff appeared to be reduced under CT by 48 and 15%, for wheat and tef, respectively. As a result, CT reduced sediment yield by 51 and 9.5%, for wheat and tef, respectively. Significantly reduced water-logging was observed behind SCS in CT compared to TT. Grain yields of wheat and tef increased by 35 and 10%, respectively, although the differences were not statistically significant apparently due to high fertility variations among fields of participating farmers. Farmers who tested CT indicated that they will continue this practice in the future.

scholarly journals Separate and Combined Impacts of Land Cover and Climate Changes on Hydrological Responses of Dhidhessa River Basin, Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gizachew Kabite ◽  
Misgana Muleta ◽  
Berhan Gessesse
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Groundwater Recharge ◽  
Land Cover Change ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Surface Runoff ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Hydrologic Responses ◽  
Soil And Water

Land cover and climate changes greatly influence hydrologic responses of a basin. However, the response vary from basin to basin depending on the nature and severity of the changes and basin characteristics. Moreover, the combined impacts of the changes affect hydrologic responses of a basin in an offsetting or synergistic manner. This study quantified the separate and combined impacts, and the relative contributions of land cover and climate changes on multiple hydrological regimes (i.e., surface runoff, streamflow, groundwater recharge evapotranspiration) for the Dhidhessa Subbasin. Land cover and climate change data were obtained from a recent study completed for the basin. Calibrated Soil and Water Analysis Tool (SWAT) was used to quantify the impacts. The result showed that SWAT model performed well for the Dhidhessa Subbasin in predicting the water balance components. Substantial land cover change as well as an increasing temperature and rainfall trends were reported in the river basin during the past three decades. In response to these changes, surface runoff, streamflow and actual evapotranspiration (AET) increased while groundwater recharge declined. Surface runoff was more sensitive to land cover than to climate changes whereas streamflow and AET were more sensitive to climate change than to land cover change. The combined impacts played offsetting effect on groundwater recharge and AET while inconsistent effects within study periods for other hydrologic responses. Overall, the predicted hydrologic responses will have negative impacts on agricultural production and water resources availability. Therefore, the implementation of integrated watershed management strategies such as soil and water conservation and afforestation could reverse the negative impacts.

scholarly journals The Long-term Projection of Surface Runoff in the Regions above Danjiangkou in Hanjiang River Basin based on Water-energy Balance

2018 ◽  
Vol 246 ◽  
pp. 01099
Author(s):  
Jun Yin ◽  
Zhe Yuan ◽  
Run Wang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Balance ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Surface Runoff ◽  
Hydrological Model ◽  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Basin Scale ◽  
Hanjiang River ◽  
Distributed Hydrological Models

The projection of surface runoff in the context of climate change is important to the rational utilization and distribution of water resources. This study did a case study in regions above Danjiangkou in Hanjiang River Basin. A basin scale hydrological model was built based on macroscale processes of surface runoff and water-energy balance. This model can describe the quantity relationship among climatic factors, underlying surface and surface runoff. Driven by hypothetical climatic scenarios and climate change dataset coming from CMIP5, the climate change impacts on surface runoff in the regions above Danjiangkou in Hanjiang River Basin can be addressed. The results showed that: (1) Compared with other distributed hydrological models, the hydrological model in this study has fewer parameters and simpler calculation methods. The model was good at simulating annual surface runoff. (2) The surface runoff was less sensitivity to climate change in the regions above Danjiangkou in Hanjiang River Basin. A 1°C increase in temperature might results in a surface runoff decrease of 2~5% and a 10% precipitation increase might result in a streamflow increase of 14~17%. (3) The temperature across the Fu River Basin were projected to increase by 1.4~2.3°C in 1961 to 1990 compared with that in 1961 to 1990. But the uncertainty existed among the projection results of precipitation. The surface runoff was excepted to decrease by 1.3~23.9% without considering the climate change projected by NorESM1-M and MIROC-ESM-CHEM, which was much different from other GCMs.

scholarly journals Strategy for controlling surface runoff in kemuning river basin, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 469 ◽  
pp. 012049
Author(s):  
Kustamar ◽  
Togi H. Nainggolan ◽  
Liliya Dewi Susanawati ◽  
Agung Witjaksono
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Surface Runoff

scholarly journals Seasonal Surface Runoff Characteristics in the Semiarid Region of Western Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China—A Case of the Alun River Basin

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 557
Author(s):  
Jinbai Huang ◽  
Kotaro Tagawa ◽  
Bin Wang ◽  
Jiawei Wen ◽  
Jingcai Wang
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Surface Runoff ◽  
Peak Flow ◽  
Annual Runoff ◽  
Annual Rainfall ◽  
Semiarid Region ◽  
Heilongjiang Province ◽  
Runoff Coefficient ◽  
Total Runoff ◽  
Annual Means

Water resource issues are a challenging area of research in semiarid regions of the world. The objective of the current study was to reveal the main characteristics of seasonal surface runoff for the semiarid western Heilongjiang Province of China. The Alun River Basin, which has hydrological and meteorological characteristics of the local region, was adopted as the study location. A distributed rainfall-runoff combined with snowmelt hydrological model was used to carry out the runoff calculation for the six years (2011–2016). The results indicated that: The mean annual runoff coefficient was 0.34; snowmelt runoff accounted for 2.2% of annual total runoff in 2011–2016; the main part of annual rainfall and runoff was concentrated in the rainy season from June to September, the proportions of rainfall and runoff in this period were 78% and 86% to that of the annual means of 2011–2016; the peak flow represents a decreased trend since 2013, and evidently decreased in 2015 and 2016; less annual precipitation complex with paddy field retention of rainwater and runoff led to the peak flow and annual runoff coefficient in 2016 were obviously lower than that of annual means of 2011–2016. The results are expected to provide the basis for rational development and utilization of surface runoff, and further researches on surface runoff and water resources of the semiarid western Heilongjiang Province of China.

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