Effects of Agricultural Large‐And Medium‐Sized Reservoirs on Hydrologic Processes in the Arid Shiyang River Basin, Northwest China

Abstract

Rapid population growth, economic development, and agricultural irrigation have increased the demand for water and energy over recent decades (Cooley et al., 2021). These demands are often met using dams that impound rivers to create water-storage facilities that affect more than 70% of the world's rivers (Grill et al., 2019). The cumulative global storage capacity exceeds one-sixth of the total annual discharge of rivers into the ocean (Messager et al., 2021). Despite the apparent benefits, the considerable cost of water consumption has attracted the attention of researchers worldwide (Arias et al., 2020;Chaudhari et al., 2021). In developing countries, rapid economic development adds to the proportion of hydropower generation and the irrigation needs from agricultural reservoirs (Wheeler et al., 2020). Reliable water resources are essential for maintaining agricultural production and ecosystem functions in inland river basins, which are ecologically fragile but often have high population densities (Li et al., 2021). Thus, it is necessary to schedule and allocate water resources through artificial storage and other methods (Jiang et al., 2021). Evaporation from water surfaces (e.g., reservoirs, lakes) is an integral part

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