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After analyzing the regulation of overflow ecological water consumption in the Canmrik ecological area of mainstream zone of the Tarim River, in this paper a model of ecological bifurcation is developed, the dynamic overflow process of ecological bifurcation is simulated, and the quantitative relationships between the volume of ecological water consumption and the ecological conservation extent and overflow time are analyzed using GIS, advance of freshet and RS means. The results reveal that the effects of discharge and time of ecological bifurcation on the efficiency of ecological water consumption are significant, there is a geometrical exponential relationship between the efficiency of ecological bifurcation and the water supply with different discharges and different times under the same ecological water consumption, hypsography plays an important role in ecological water consumption, the regulation of ecological water consumption cannot be equated with the ordinary farming irrigation system, a serious water waste will result and the prospective ecological benefits will not be able to be achieved if an ordinary ecological bifurcation is implemented. The efficiency of ecological water consumption can be increased by 30% by selecting the bifurcation schemes in an optimized way, which is of the utmost importance for arid areas with shortage of water resources.
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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40571030) and the World Bank and China’s National Key Project (Grant Nos. TTTQ-216 and TTTQ-218)
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Chen, X., Huang, Y., Qian, J. et al. Simulation analysis on the regulation of overflow ecological water consumption in arid areas. SCI CHINA SER D 50 (Suppl 1), 1–8 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-007-5009-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-007-5009-2