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Arid Land Geography ›› 2024, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (7): 1165-1174.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2023.560

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Thresholds of irrigated farmland area in the Hexi Corridor region

WU Mengyu1(), LI Dongjie2, HAN Yuguo1,3(), QIU Ye1, QU Zhixu1   

  1. 1. School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
    2. Beijing Golden-Water Info-tech. Ltd., Beijing 100053, China
    3. Beijing Engineering Research Center of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2023-10-10 Revised:2023-11-15 Online:2024-07-25 Published:2024-07-30
  • Contact: HAN Yuguo E-mail:Wmy991030@bjfu.edu.cn;yghan@bjfu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Determining the capacity of regional agricultural water resources to support irrigated areas, restraining agricultural water usage, and controlling the expansion of irrigated farmland are crucial strategies for solving sustainable water use problems in the Hexi Corridor of northwest Gansu Province, China. In this paper, we applied the water balance principle and utilized the stepwise regression model to calculate the thresholds of water resource availability and the carrying capacity of the irrigated areas for the Hexi Corridor in different development scenarios. We used information on local water resources, water resource use, and the effective utilization coefficient of irrigation water. The analysis shows the following results: (1) Under the economic priority development scenario, the total exploitable water resources in the Hexi Corridor region is 48.22×108 m3, and the threshold value of the carrying irrigated area is 58.92×104-67.16×104 hm2. (2) Under the ecological priority development scenario, the total exploitable water resources are 34.44×108 m3, and the threshold value of the carrying irrigated area is 37.90×104-43.20×104 hm2. (3) Under the economic and ecological development scenario, the total exploitable water resources are 41.33×108 m³, and the threshold of the carrying irrigated area is 48.41×104-55.18×104 hm2. (4) The proportion of the micro-irrigation area and the effective utilization coefficient of irrigation water have a significant positive correlation. This study can provide a basis for determining a reasonable irrigation area and optimizing the Hexi Corridor’s soil and water planning and distribution system.

Key words: irrigated area, thresholds, agriculture, water management, Hexi Corridor