Soil Water Movement and Groundwater Recharge Under Different Land Uses in a Flood-Irrigated Area.

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9882886 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1745-6584 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 0017467X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Ground Water Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2005- : Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing
Original Publication: Worthington, Ohio : Water Well Journal Pub. Co.,

Soil* ; Groundwater*; Water Movements ; Floods ; Water ; China ; Agricultural Irrigation/methods

The water shortage in agriculture area in China requires to reduce the consumption of excessive water in flood irrigation. Therefore, the dynamics of soil water regime is needed to investigate and water-saving irrigation is necessary to alleviate water shortage. This study investigated the impact of flood irrigation on soil water movement and recharge to groundwater in the Yellow River irrigation area of Yinchuan Plain, China. Combining comprehensive field observation, stable isotopic techniques and water balance simulation, we described the soil water mechanism in vadose zone covered with bare soil in 2019 and planted with maize in 2020. The soil layers affected by precipitation infiltration and evaporation were mainly 0-50 cm, while the soil influenced by irrigation was the entire profile in the mode of piston flow. The maize root took up the soil water up to the depth of 100 cm during the tasseling period. The infiltration and capillary rise in 2020 were similar with those in 2019. However, the total deep percolation was 156.5 mm in 2020 which was about 50% of that in 2019 because of the maize root water uptake. The leakage of ditch water was the major recharge resource of groundwater for the fast water table rise. Precise irrigation is required to minimize deep percolation and leakage of ditch water and reduce excessive unproductive evapotranspiration. Therefore, understanding the soil water movement and groundwater recharge is critical for agricultural water management to improve irrigation efficiency and water use efficiency in arid regions.
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