Water-saving Eco-agriculture and Integrated Water Resources Management in Heihe River Basin, Northwest China

Abstract

1 Background and objectivesNorth China is one of the 13 regions that have a water scarcity problem according to the statistical data of the United Nations.About one third of the total area of China consists of arid inland river basins.Water is extremely scarce in this region.Oasis comes into being when sufficient runoff flows out of mountains and recharges basins;whereas in the Gobi,desert appears when water is scarce.