Agriculture is major sector in the economy of Central Asia. The sustainable use of
agricultural land is therefore essential to economic growth, human well-being, social equity …

Endorheic basins (ie, land-locked drainage networks) and their lakes can be highly sensitive
to variations in climate and adverse anthropogenic activities, such as overexploitation of …

Accurate simulation of wastewater effluent parameters is a vital concern to reduce the
operational costs of a wastewater treatment plant. In this way, a reliable predictive model is a …

Abstract Water resources in Central Asia are very scarce due to natural and anthropogenic
impacts. Water shortages have been a major factor hampering the socio-economic …

Under warm climates, the more complex and malleable relationship between water and heat
and the changes in the water components at the land–atmosphere interface pose greater …

The Ili River originates in the mountains of Xinjiang, China, and flows across an increasingly
arid landscape before terminating in Kazakhstan's Lake Balkhash, which has no outlet to the …

The Aral Sea basin in Central Asia and its major rivers, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, were
the center of advanced river civilizations, and a principal hub of the Silk Roads over a period …

Agricultural water use in heavily irrigated regions can reduce surface water flow. The most
remarkable hydrological change in recent times in Central Asia is the rapid dry-up of the Aral …

Central Asia's Ili River is fed by mountain streams that flow down into an isolated and arid
basin that today is shared by Kazakhstan and China. Agriculture in the basin is dependent …

Soil degradation is an exceedance of the capacity and resiliency of soil for providing
functions and ecosystem services. It is a complex ongoing phenomenon threatening …