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Model for calculating suitable scales of oases in a continental river basin located in an extremely arid region, China

Authors: Yu Lei, Xiangquan Li, Hongbo Ling

Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Issue 2/2015

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The Keriya River Basin was chosen as the study site in this paper in order to investigate the suitable scales of natural and artificial oases with a certain water resource quantity. A calculation model was constructed and the suitable scales of natural and artificial oases were analyzed using remote sensing images, water resources, weather and socioeconomic data. The results showed that (1) high- and low-flow variations were apparent for the Keriya River. The mean values for the high-flow period, normal flow period and low-flow period were 9.23 × 10⁸ m³, 7.177 × 10⁸ m³ and 5.741 × 10⁸ m³, respectively. (2) The ecological water demand of natural oasis in the lower reaches of the Keriya River Basin was 2.561 × 10⁸ m³. (3) In the Tarim Basin, the proportion of natural and artificial oases was 6:4. (4) In the middle reaches, after guaranteeing the unchangeable scale of artificial oases, the most suitable size of a natural oasis was 798–1,157 km². Under the reasonable proportion (i.e. proportion of 6:4 for the natural and artificial oases), the respective suitable scales of natural and artificial oases in the middle reaches were 831–1,003 km² and 554–669 km². This study constructed a model for calculating the suitable scale of an oasis, verified the suitable proportions of natural and artificial oases and discussed the reasonable scales of oases in order to provide a new theoretical basis for determining reasonable development planning in similar river basins located in extremely arid regions.

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Title: Model for calculating suitable scales of oases in a continental river basin located in an extremely arid region, China
Authors: Yu Lei
Xiangquan Li
Hongbo Ling
Publication date: 01-01-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3328-0

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