The infiltration and redistribution of precipitation in revegetated sand dunes in the Tengger Desert, Shapotou,China
腾格里沙漠东南缘人工植被区降水入渗与再分配规律研究

Forty years of revegetation using mainly Caragana korshinskii at Shapotou Desert Experimental Research Station near Lanzhou has established a dwarf\|shrub and herbaceous cover on sand dunes. Situated in southeast Tengger Desert at 1330 m elevation, it has an average annual rainfall of 191 mm with 83% received in May\|September. Precipitation, as the sole source of water replenishment in the semi\|arid area, plays a pertinent role in sustaining the desert ecosystem. The redistribution of infiltrated mois...