Climate Effects on Recharge and Evolution of Natural Water Resources in middle-latitude Watersheds Under Arid Climate

Zhu, Bingqi; Yu, Jingjie; Rioual, Patrick; Gao, Yan; Zhang, Yichi; Xiong, Hui

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13425-3_5

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“…Long-term monthly average temperatures range between −4 and 9 ∘ C, with the hottest month in August, and the coldest month in January. On average, annual precipitation is between 150 and 200 mm, with 140 to 185 days each year free of frost [28][29][30]. The climate of NX is representative of arid regions in China and is also similar to those in other arid regions in the world.…”

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Attribute Analysis of Aridity Variability in North Xinjiang, China

Wu¹,

Zhang²,

Shen³

et al. 2016

Advances in Meteorology

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Identifying the dominant meteorological factors affecting aridity variability can improve our understanding of climate change and its future trend in arid and semiarid regions. This study investigated the spatiotemporal aridity variability in North Xinjiang, China, from 1961 to 2013, based on the UNESCO aridity index (precipitation/potential evapotranspiration), and analyzed its association with meteorological factors. The results suggest that North Xinjiang is becoming more humid with an increasing trend in aridity index. Precipitation, temperature, and relative humidity have positive correlation with aridity, and evapotranspiration, sunshine hours, and wind speed have negative correlation with aridity. Wind speed and sunshine hours have a higher sensitivity and more contribution to aridity. This study provides an understanding of the effect of recent climate change on drought in northwest China.

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Attribute Analysis of Aridity Variability in North Xinjiang, China

Wu¹,

Zhang²,

Shen³

et al. 2016

Advances in Meteorology

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“…Over the past century, the world has experienced an undeniable temperature increase and thereby inevitably is faced with water environmental problems, which accelerate greatly in global water cycle processes [25] [26] [27] [28]. This is especially significant in arid lands of Central Asia, because most of natural waters in Central Asia originate from peripheral mountain glaciers [12] [13] [19] [20] and are fragile to global warming. Both of the quantity and quality of water resources in this context are the most important issues threatening the economic and social development of the Central Asian countries [29] [30] [31] [32], such as Nepal, India, Bangladesh and China, the pollution of rivers is severe and critical near urban stretches due to huge amounts of pollution caused by urban activities [31] [33].…”

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Natural Water Quality and Its Suitability in the Northern Tianshan Catchments (Central Asia)

Zhu¹

2018

HYD

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The use of water resources in arid lands is strongly limited by their quantity. To add to such knowledge, this study evaluates the natural water quality and its suitability for drinking, agricultural and industrial purposes in the northern Tianshan catchments (Central Asia), using chemical-physical indicators. The waters are neutral to alkaline and most of them are soft-fresh waters. The total dissolved solid (TDS) varies over two orders of magnitude. Much of the solutes and physicochemical parameters in water are under the highest desirable limits of the World Health Organization (WHO) for drinking purpose and most waters are of good water quality for irrigation. The effects of local pollution are minimal in the montane and piedmont areas of these watersheds but are significant in the oases and central areas of the drainage basins. Although the headwaters of the northern Tianshan catchments represent natural background conditions (soft-fresh water in salinity and hardness) and population densities within the catchment are relatively low, the river basin is facing relatively high anthropogenic pressure on water quality in the low reaches. The main contributors to the nutrient emissions are agricultural land use and, to a lesser extent, unban settlements with a high proportion of households without connection to wastewater treatment plants. Proposals for regional water resources management are advised, i.g. the geographic data and information should be detailedly included in the assessment and monitoring procedure, a water quality model should be built, and information technology such as visualization technology and the internet should be used.

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“…Water infiltration of atmospheric precipitation through the unsaturated zone to the groundwater is hydrologically defined as the direct recharge, and the indirect recharge is defined as recharge from mappable features such as rivers, canals, lakes and originates from remote areas (Scanlon et al, 2006;Healy, 2010). It is well known that groundwater recharge can be influenced by environmental factors, including climate change, underlying soil and geology, land cover and the growth in human population that affects withdrawal and economic development (Zhu et al, 2015(Zhu et al, , 2017. Among these environmental factors, climate and land cover largely determine precipitation and evapotranspiration, whereas the underlying soil and geology dictate whether a water surplus (precipitation minus evapotranspiration) can be transmitted and stored in the subsurface (Doll, 2008(Doll, , 2009Giordano, 2009).…”

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Direct or indirect recharge on groundwater in the middle-latitude desert of Otindag, China?

Zhu

Ren²,

Rioual

2018

Preprint

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Abstract. The Otindag Desert in the middle-latitude desert zone of northern Hemisphere (NH) is essential to livestock-economy and ecoenvironment of northern China. Many areas in this zone are unexpectedly rich with groundwater resources although they have been under arid or hyper-arid climate for a long time. Widespread fresh groundwater deep to 60 m was found at the eastern part of the Otindag Desert. The occurrence of this massive fresh groundwater raises doubts on the long-lasting hypothesis in academic circles that regional atmospheric precipitation or palaeowater, namely the direct recharge, is the source of water in the middle-latitude desert aquifers of northern China. Understanding of the recharge of this fresh groundwater is important in evaluating the feasibility of groundwater exploitation and utilization. In this study we conducted hydrogeochemical and isotopical analyses to assess possible origin and recharge of these groundwaters. The analytical results indicate that the fresh groundwater is neither originated from regional atmospheric precipitation derived from the Asian Summer Monsoon system, nor from palaeowater that formed during the last glacial period. These findings suggest that the groundwater in this desert is possible to originate from remote mountain areas via the faults of the Solonker Suture zone, including the Daxing’Anlin and Yinshan Mountains. In addition, it is concluded that the hygeodrological linkage between desert aquifers and mountain systems through the suture zone is crucial to the hydrological functioning of the Otindag aquifer. This suggests that the modern indirect recharge mechanism, instead of the direct recharge and the palaeo-water recharge, is the most significant for groundwaterrecharge in the Otindag Desert. This study provides a new perspective into the origin and evolution of groundwater resources in the middle-latitude desert zone of HA.

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Climate Effects on Recharge and Evolution of Natural Water Resources in middle-latitude Watersheds Under Arid Climate

Cited by 7 publications

References 67 publications

Attribute Analysis of Aridity Variability in North Xinjiang, China

Attribute Analysis of Aridity Variability in North Xinjiang, China

Natural Water Quality and Its Suitability in the Northern Tianshan Catchments (Central Asia)

Direct or indirect recharge on groundwater in the middle-latitude desert of Otindag, China?

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