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Abstract:
To accurately evaluate ecological risks trigged by groundwater exploitation, it must be clarified the relationship between vegetation and groundwater. Based on remote sensing data sets MOD13Q1, groundwater table depth (WTD) and total dissolved solids (TDS), the relationship between groundwater and natural vegetation was analyzed statistically in the main plain areas of Qaidam Basin. The results indicate that natural vegetation is groundwater-dependent in areas where WTD is less than 5.5 m and TDS is less than 7.5 g/L. Aquatic vegetation, hygrophytic vegetation and hygrophytic saline-alkali tolerant vegetation are mainly distributed in areas with WTD <1.1 m. Salt-tolerant and mesophytic vegetation mainly occur in areas with WTD of 1.4-3.5 m, while the xerophytic vegetation isprimarily present in areas where WTD ranges from 1.4 m to 5.5 m. Natural vegetation does not necessarily depend on groundwater in areas with WTD >5.5 m. For natural vegetation, the most suitable water TDS is less than 1.5 g/L, the moderately suitable TDS is 1.5-5.0 g/L, the basically suitable TDS is 5.0-7.5 g/L, and the unsuitable TDS is more than 7.5 g/L.
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Key words:
- Qaidam Basin /
- Natural vegetation /
- Water table depth /
- Total dissolved solids /
- Dependencies
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Table 1. Themain plant types andtheir growth habits in Qaidam Basin
Type Plant name Habits and regional distribution characteristics Herbaceous plants Salsola abrotanoides Drought resistant and salt tolerant. The suitable environments are desolate Gobi desert, saline sandy soil. The maximum root depth is 0.2 m.
Agropyron cristatum Prefer dry and cold. The suitable environments are dry grass land, hillsides, hills and sand. The maximum root depth <1.0 m.
Leymus Drought resistance, cold resistance, mild salt resistance. The suitable environments are good moisture condition, valley-alluvial plain with less salinization, canal edge, growing low in dry or heavily salted environments. The maximum root depth <1.1m. Dwarf phragmites australis Resistance to drought, wind and sand. It is suitable for growing in the meadow salinized sand land and saline-alkali beach with WTD to be 1.0-5.0 m. The maximum root depth <1.5 m. Achnatherum splendens It likes to grow in the mild salinized soil, slightly alkaline grass beach with WTD to be about 1.5 m. The maximum root depth is 0.8-1.5 m.
Subshrubs Sympegma regelii Prefer dry and cold. They are fond of stony mounds, gravel slopes and mound tops, and can also be found in soil with alkaline soil. The maximum root depth is 0.20-0.25 m. Apocynum venetum Alkali-resisting. Salt alkali land with WTD to be 1.0-3.0 m, sandy wasteland and tidal land. The maximum root depth is 0.3-4.0 m.
Ceratoides Drought resistance, cold resistance, barren tolerance. They are fond of Gobi, desert, semi-desert, arid hillside or grassland. The maximum root depth is about 0.6 m. Artemisia desterorum Spreng Cold resistance, drought resistance, sand resistance.They are fond of semi-mobile dune, semi-fixed dune, fixed dune, flat sandy land, sand-covered Gobi, dry riverbed. The maximum root depth is 1.5-4.0 m. Shrubs Kalidium foliatum Alkali-resisting. They mostly developed in the front edge of the alluvial fan, the lake and the loamy salt land of the alluvial plain with WTD to be 1.0-1.5 m. The maximum root depth is 0.15-0.20 m. Qaidam Lycium ruthenicum Drought resistance, salt and alkali resistance, cold resistance, high temperature resistance. They are fond of lake basins, alluvial fans, river banks, aeolian dune margins and intermontane saline plains. The maximum root depth <0.5 m. Nitraria tangutorum Bobr Like alkali, drought resistance, wind erosion resistance, sand buried resistance. They grow in more serious salinization, the sandy land with WTD to be 1.0-2.0 m or clay with aeolian sand. The maximum root depth is 1.0-3.0 m. Ephedra przewalskii Heat resistant, cold resistant, like drought. They are fond of hillsides, plains, dry wasteland, river beds and grasslands. The maximum root depth >2.0 m. Calligonum mongolicum Strong xerophyte, drought and high temperature resistance. They are fond of dune, sandy gravel desert. The maximum root depth <6.0 m. Tamarix ramosissima Lcdcb Drought resistant, heat resistant, like the sun. They are fond of floodplain, valley terraces, sandy and clayey salinized plains, dunes. The maximum root depth <10.0 m. Tamarix chinensis Lour Resistance to sand and wind erosion, salt and alkali and drought resistance.They are fond of desert with WTD to be 3.0-5.0 m, loamy saline soil with WTD to be 1.0-2.0 m. The maximum root depth <10.0 m. Small trees Haloxylon ammodendron Drought resistance, heat resistance, cold resistance, salt and alkali resistance.They are fond of dune with WTD of 3.0-4.0 m,moderate and mildly saline soil, the diluvial Gobi with special water shortage. The taproot length is 2.0 m, and the deepest can reach 4.0-5.0 m. 
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Table 2. Size of ecological landscape in the study area
Study area Distance from
the mountain of
groundwater
seepage zone /kmArea/km2 The proportion of oasis area in vegetation distribution area /% Total Gobi oasis salt
marshAgricultural
plantingUrban Utumeiren 40 5 500 530 1 660 3 310 0 0 0 Golmod 30 5 400 760 2 140 2 500 74 51 74 Delingha 16-28 940 146 685 0 215 40 73 Nomuhong-Zongjia 15-30 3 180 1 580 1 600 0 75 0 50 Ulan
BasinNorth Area of Dulan
Lake-Koko salt Lake5-6 285 30 220 0 66 14 77 South Area of Dulan
Lake-Koko salt Lake3-5 210 110 74 0 0 0 35
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Table 3. Sampling time and control situation
Study area Data acquisition time Water table points TDS sample points Controlled area/km2 Number/ Point Density/ point/10 km2 number/ point Density/ point /10 km2 Golmud Plain June to September, 2015 1 300 346 2.66 233 1.79 Delingha Plain June to September, 2016 780 176 2.26 192 2.46 Ulan Basin June to September, 2012 398 120 3.02 45 1.13 Nomuhong-Zongjia Plain July to September, 2010 and July to September, 2011 1 430 141 0.99 143 1.00 Utumeiren Plain July to September, 2010 and July to September, 2011 530 131 2.47 115 2.17
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