Articles | Volume 19, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3387-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3387-2015
Research article
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03 Aug 2015
Research article |  | 03 Aug 2015

Relating seasonal dynamics of enhanced vegetation index to the recycling of water in two endorheic river basins in north-west China

M. A. Matin and C. P.-A. Bourque

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ED: Publish as is (09 Jul 2015) by Markus Hrachowitz
AR by Charles Bourque on behalf of the Authors (15 Jul 2015)
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Short summary
This paper describes a methodology in analysing the interdependencies between components of the hydrological cycle and vegetation characteristics at different elevation zones of two endorheic river basins in an arid-mountainous region of NW China. The analysis shows that oasis vegetation has an important function in sustaining the water cycle in the river basins and oasis vegetation is dependent on surface and shallow subsurface water flow from mountain sources.