Analysis of the Main Achievements and Key Countermeasures for the Comprehensive Management of the Tarim River Basin
Affected by large-scale soil and water development,the lakes at the end of the Tarim River have dried up,and the populus euph-ratica forest is endangered.In response to the issues of long water transmission distance,great evaporation loss,wide coverage,difficult coor-dination and management,large irrigation area,high water resources demand and continuous reduction of water resources in the Tarim River Basin,the"Comprehensive Management Plan for the Tarim River Basin in the Near Term"and the"Water Resources Utilization and Water Conservancy Engineering Plan for Southern Xinjiang"had successively formulated by the Ministry of Water Resources.They had adopted soil embankments for ecological water transmission,mountain reservoirs for interception,regulation and control,gate canal joint regulation for water diversion and infiltration,the combination of reservoir embankments and key technologies to control flood hazards.The results show that under the condition of abundant incoming water in the Tarim River Basin,the water environment has been comprehensively improved,the ar-ea and intensity of soil erosion have been decreased year by year,and the efficiency of water resources utilization has been gradually im-proved.This has promoted the adjustment of economic structure and optimization of economic development layout in key economic areas such as southern Xinjiang and southern slope industrial belt of Tianshan Mountains.
water resourceswater environmentecological water transportTarim River