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Table 3 Data for groundwater recharge rate study

From: Groundwater recharge rates and surface runoff response to land use and land cover changes in semi-arid environments

Author

Soil texture

Aridity index

Location of study area

Period of study (years)

Latitude

Longitude

Method used

Precipitation (mm/year)

Potential evaporation (mm/year)a

Type of natural vegetation

Type of vegetation after change

Huang et al. (2013)

 

0.497

Hequan, Guyan, China

130

35.9

106.25

Muttiple tracers (chloride mass balance, stable isotopes, tritium and water chemistry)

450

906

Grassland

Winter wheat

Huang and Pang (2010)

 

0.481

Guyuan, China

100

30.1

104

Chloride-mass balance

500

1040

Grassland

Winter wheat

Huang and Pang (2010)

 

0.501

Xifeng Loess Plain, China

7

30.1

104.5

Chloride-mass balance

523

1044

Winter wheat

Apple

Allison et al. (1990)

Sand

0.213

Western Murray Basin, Australia

 

−34.3

139.6

Groundwater model

300

1245

Mallee

Cropland

Allison et al. (1990)

Sandy loam

0.262

Western Murray Basin, Australia

 

−35.1

140.3

Groundwater model

370

1346

Mallee

Cropland

Allison and Hughes (1972)

 

0.631

Western Murray Basin, Australia

 

−37.8

140.8

Tritium method

686

1132

Mallee

Grassland

Allison and Hughes (1983)

 

0.236

South Australia

 

−35.1

142.1

Chloride method

335

1379

Mallee

Wheat cropland

Scanlon et al. (2005)

 

0.331

High plains (HP1) in South High Plains, the USA

 

32.9

−102.1

Matric potential, environmental tracers and water table fluctuations and trends in groundwater solutes

500

1670

Creosote bush and saltbush

Alfalfa

Scanlon et al. (2005)

 

0.291

High plains (HP 2) in South High Plains, the USA

 

32.9

−102.1

Matric potential, environmental tracers and water table fluctuations and trends in groundwater solutes

440

1670

Creosote bush and saltbush

Alfalfa

Scanlon et al. (2005)

 

0.302

High plains (HP 3) in South High Plains, the USA

 

32.9

−102.1

Matric potential, environmental tracers and water table fluctuations and trends in groundwater solutes

457

1670

Creosote bush and saltbush

Alfalfa

Santoni et al. 2010

Sandy loam

0.350

Central Argentina

> 30 years

−33.6

−65.8

Residual moisture flux (RMF) and chloride front displacement (CFD)

518

1371

Dry forest

Crops (dryland agriculture)

Santoni et al. (2010)

Sandy loam

0.368

Central Argentina

> 30 years

−33.5

−65.8

Residual moisture flux (RMF) and chloride front displacement (CFD)

542

1371

Dry forest

Crops (dryland agriculture)

Santoni et al. (2010)

Sandy loam

0.370

Central Argentina

> 30 years

−33.4

−65.9

Residual moisture flux (RMF) and chloride front displacement (CFD)

538

1383

Dry forest

Crops (dryland agriculture)

Santoni et al. (2010)

Sandy loam

0.295

Central Argentina

> 30 years

−33.4

−66.5

Residual moisture flux (RMF) and chloride front displacement (CFD)

447

1383

Dry forest

Crops (dryland agriculture)

Leduc et al. (2001)

 

0.266

Southwest Niger

 

13.6

2.6

 

557

 

Natural bush

Crops

Lebel et al. (2009)

  

Niamey (Southwest Niger)

1990–2009

2.5

14.7

 

520

 

Grassland

Millet

Allison et al. (1983)

Sand

0.263

  

−35.11

140

Cores of material in the saturated zone were taken from depths of from 9 to 15 m beneath native and cropped land. Analyses made of water content and chloride, stable isotopes, and tritium.

335

1379

Eucalyptus scrub (mallee)

Cropped wheat-fallow

Allison et al. (1985)

 

0.217

Murray Basin, South Australia

   

Chloride mass balance and tritium dating

300

1374

Native mallee vegetation

Poorly developed pasture cleared in the 1930s

Holmes and Colville (1970a, 1970b)

 

0.288

Karstic region of southern Australia

    

632

 

Plantation forest of Monterey pine

Grassland

Gee et al. (1992)

Sand

0.153

200 East

1971–1985 change 1988–1989

46.6

−119.4

Lysimeter

168

1083

Tumbleweed

Bare

Cook et al. (1994)

Sand

0.187

Borrika (BUF 18)

60

−35.1

140.1

Chloride method

340

1800

Eucalyptus

Grassland

Cook et al. (1994)

Sand

0.245

Borrika (BUF 15)

 

−35.1

140.1

Chloride method

340

1800

Eucalyptus

Grassland

Cook et al. (1994)

Sand

0.245

Borrika (BEM 35)

 

−34.3

139.6

Chloride method

340

1800

Eucalyptus

Grassland

Cook et al. (1994)

Sand

0.245

Borrika (BEM 28)

 

−35.1

140.1

Chloride method

340

1800

Eucalyptus

Grassland

Cook et al. (1994)

Sand

0.245

Borrika (BRC 02)

 

−35.1

140.1

Chloride method

340

1800

Eucalyptus

Grassland

Cook et al. (1994)

Sand

0.245

Borrika (TATIARA)

 

−35.1

140.1

Chloride method

340

1800

Eucalyptus

Grassland

Cook et al. (1994)

Sand

0.245

Borrika (BINNUM)

 

−35.1

140.1

Chloride method

340

1800

Eucalyptus

Grassland

Cook et al. (1994)

Sand

0.245

Borrika (JOANNA)

 

−35.1

140.1

Chloride method

340

1800

Eucalyptus

Grassland

Cook et al. (1989)

Loam

0.216

  

−34.6

142.8

Chloride method and electromagnetic techniques

312

1800

Eucalyptus

Cropland

Cook et al. (1989)

Loam

0.223

  

−34.6

143.6

Chloride method and electromagnetic techniques

322

1800

Eucalyptus

Cropland

Cook et al. (1989)

Sand

0.244

  

−35.1

140.1

Chloride method and electromagnetic techniques

340

1800

Eucalyptus

Grassland

Cook et al. (1989)

Sand

0.245

  

−35.1

140.1

Chloride method and electromagnetic techniques

340

1800

Eucalyptus

Grassland

Radford et al. (2009)

Clay

0.363

Central Queensland, northern Australia (Baralaba)

 

−24.3

149.8

Chloride method

632

1548

Woodland

Cropland

Radford et al. (2009)

Clay

0.345

Central Queensland, northern Australia (Capella)

 

−23.1

148.1

Chloride method

597

1638

Woodland

Cropland

Radford et al. (2009)

Clay

0.345

Central Queensland, northern Australia (Dysart)

 

−22.9

148.9

Chloride method

580

1621

Woodland

Cropland

Radford et al. (2009)

Clay

0.342

Central Queensland, northern Australia (Gindie)

 

−23.9

148.4

Chloride method

600

1596

Woodland

Cropland

Radford et al. (2009)

Clay

0.379

Central Queensland, northern Australia (Jambin)

 

−24.3

150.4

Chloride method

639

1548

Woodland

Cropland

Radford et al. (2009)

Clay

0.408

Central Queensland, northern Australia (Theodore)

 

−24.8

150.1

Chloride method

700

1502

Woodland

Cropland

Radford et al. (2009)

Clay

0.400

Central Queensland, northern Australia (Wowan)

 

−23.9

150.3

Chloride method

659

1600

Woodland

Cropland

Huang and Gallichand (2006)

Loam

0.273

  

35.3

107.8

Simulation model Simultaneous heat and water transfer (SHAW)

545

810

Winter wheat

Orchard

Kesse et al. (2005)

Sand

0.162

El Paso

30

32.5

−105.3

Simulation

224

2087

Bare

Shrubs/brush

Keese et al. (2005)

Sand

0.276

CPA

30

−32.4

−104.9

Simulation

380

2169

Bare

Shrubs/brush

Kesse et al. (2005)

Sand

0.247

Midland

30

−32.5

−102.5

1-D simulation using UNSAT-H

380

2169

Bare

Shrubs/brush

Kesse et al. (2005)

Sand

0.329

Lubbock

30

34

−102.5

1-D simulation using UNSAT-H

474

2034

Bare

Crops

Kesse et al. (2005)

Sand

0.363

Carson

30

35

−102.5

1-D simulation using UNSAT-H

497

2096

Bare

Crops

Kesse et al. (2005)

Sand

0.411

Fisher/Jones

30

33

−100

1-D simulation using UNSAT-H

620

2132

Bare

Trees

Kesse et al. (2005)

Sand

0.491

Starr

30

26

−97

1-D simulation using UNSAT-H

671

1788

Bare

Trees

Kesse et al. (2005)

Sand

0.540

Bastrop

30

30

−97.5

1-D simulation using UNSAT-H

810

1732

Bare

Grasses

Kesse et al. (2005)

Sand

0.590

Parker

30

33.5

−98

1-D simulation using UNSAT-H

855

1819

Bare

Trees and grasses

Kesse et al. (2005)

Sand

0.625

Hopkins/Rains

30

33.8

−96

1-D simulation using UNSAT-H

855

1819

Bare

trees and grasses

Kesse et al. (2005)

Sand

0.623

Upshur/Gregg

30

33.5

−94

1-D simulation using UNSAT-H

855

1819

Bare

Trees and grasses

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

T1

5

28.45

−99.18

Chloride method

604

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

T2

5

28.45

−99.18

Chloride method

604

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

T3

5

28.45

−99.18

Chloride method

604

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

T1

15

28.45

−99.18

Chloride method

604

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

T2

15

28.45

−99.18

Chloride method

604

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

T3

15

28.45

−99.18

Chloride method

604

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

Z1

30

28.43

−99.23

Chloride method

526

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

Z2

30

28.43

−99.23

Chloride method

526

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

Z3

30

28.43

−99.23

Chloride method

526

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

Z4

20

28.43

−99.23

Chloride method

526

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

Z5

20

28.43

−99.23

Chloride method

526

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

Z6

25

28.43

−99.23

Chloride method

526

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

Z7

30

28.43

−99.23

Chloride method

526

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

Z8

30

28.43

−99.23

Chloride method

526

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Moore et al. (2012)

Sand

0.365

Z9

25

28.43

−99.23

Chloride method

526

1664

Woodland

Rangeland

Leaney et al. (2003)

 

0.380

U1

 

28.43

−99.23

Chloride method

500

1664

Malle eucalyptus

Crop

Leaney et al. (2003)

 

0.340

U2

 

−36.5

141.3

Chloride method

450

1664

Malle eucalyptus

Rangeland

Leaney et al. (2003)

 

0.307

U3

 

−36.4

141.4

Chloride method

415

1664

Malle eucalyptus

Rangeland

Leaney et al. (2003)

 

0.320

U4

 

−36.2

141.8

Chloride method

430

1664

Malle eucalyptus

Crop

Leaney et al. (2003)

 

0.332

U5

 

−36.1

141.1

Chloride method

450

1664

Malle eucalyptus

Crop

Leaney et al. (2003)

 

0.310

U6

 

−36

140.9

Chloride method

430

1664

Malle eucalyptus

Crop

Leaney et al. (2003)

 

0.300

U7

 

−35.5

140.8

Chloride method

120

1664

Malle eucalyptus

Crop

Leaney et al. (2003)

 

0.268

U8

 

−35.4

140.8

Chloride method

380

1664

Malle eucalyptus

Crop

Leaney et al. (2003)

 

0.240

U9

 

−35

140.2

Chloride method

340

1664

Malle eucalyptus

Crop

     

−34.9

140.1

Chloride method

    
  1. aObtained from global-PET database (Trabucco and Zomer 2009)