VARIATIONS IN THE EBINUR LAKE AREA CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND CLIMATIC CHANGES

ZHOU Chi; HE Longhua; YANG Na

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1140.2010.02121

2010 Vol. 30, No. 2

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ZHOU Chi, HE Longhua, YANG Na. VARIATIONS IN THE EBINUR LAKE AREA CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND CLIMATIC CHANGES[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2010, 30(2): 121-126. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2010.02121

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ZHOU Chi, HE Longhua, YANG Na. VARIATIONS IN THE EBINUR LAKE AREA CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND CLIMATIC CHANGES[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2010, 30(2): 121-126. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2010.02121

VARIATIONS IN THE EBINUR LAKE AREA CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND CLIMATIC CHANGES

1 Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China;
2 Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China;
3 Information Technology Research Department of State Grid Electric Power Research Institute, Nanjing 210003, China;
4 State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan 430072, China

Received Date: 21 June 2009

Revised Date: 27 August 2009

Abstract

Abstract

The Ebinur Lake of Xinjiang is a typical closed inland lake located in the arid region of northwestern China. Because of the arid climate and human activity, the lake area changed dramatically in the past decades. Lake area shrinkage caused by the ecological environment deterioration has become important restraining factors for the social development. Based on multi-source remote-sensing data from different years, changes in the lake area and oasis in Xinjiang (1972-2008) are analyzed, and the reasons and impact factors for the changes in typical years are pointed out. We find that precipitation is one of the most important factors, and human activity such as agriculture irrigation in the catchments shown as oasis change has great influence on lake area. Furthermore, the detailed influences on the water quality, desertification and waterside vegetation are discussed, and a conclusion is reached that the lake area is the most important factor to ensure the nice environment of the watershed and the key index to measure the environment balance. In the end, some suggestions related to the lake protection are proposed.
- lake area /
- ecological environment /
- remote sensing /
- GIS /
- the Ebinur Lake

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