The Heihe River is the second longest inland river in China. The eco鄄environmental problems of the oasis in the lower reaches of Heihe River have markedly deteriorated over the past several decades because of the comprehensive effects of a number of factors. These factors include the continuous decrease in the discharge water of the Heihe River, human and animal population growth, increase of socio鄄economic activities, and climate warming. Water deliveries have been conducted by the Heihe River Bureau since 2000 to address the existing eco鄄environmental problems. Several scientific and realistic issues concerning this significant artificial water delivery project include the response process and mechanism of the eco鄄environment involving vegetation restoration and reconstruction brought about by water deliveries in the lower reaches of Heihe River. The responses of soil water and salinity variation to water deliveries were presented based on the investigation of soil and plant plots in 2001 and 2010. This paper aimed to evaluate the variance in the soil moisture and soil鄄soluble salt
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