Historical dataset of reservoir construction in arid regions
Abstract Reservoirs are important for flood control, irrigation, and electricity generation, and the scarcity of water resources in arid areas makes the role of reservoirs even more important. We registered 669 reservoirs distributed in China’s arid zones and supplemented the reservoir-related histo...
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| author | Enwei Huang Guofeng Zhu Gaojia Meng Yuhao Wang Longhu Chen YuXin Miao QingYang Wang Xinyue Shi Ling Zhao Qinqin Wang Xiaoyu Qi Xuan Zhang Yinying Jiao Siyu Lu Rui Li WenMin Li |
| author_facet | Enwei Huang Guofeng Zhu Gaojia Meng Yuhao Wang Longhu Chen YuXin Miao QingYang Wang Xinyue Shi Ling Zhao Qinqin Wang Xiaoyu Qi Xuan Zhang Yinying Jiao Siyu Lu Rui Li WenMin Li |
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| description | Abstract Reservoirs are important for flood control, irrigation, and electricity generation, and the scarcity of water resources in arid areas makes the role of reservoirs even more important. We registered 669 reservoirs distributed in China’s arid zones and supplemented the reservoir-related historical and socio-economic data, and the reservoir information completion degree in the dataset reached 98.53%. The study showed that the construction of reservoirs in China’s arid zones can generally be divided into rapid growth, stable growth, and high-quality growth phases. According to the hydrological pattern of the arid zone, the spatial distribution of reservoirs in the arid zone overlaps strongly with the distribution of agricultural land and population, and the construction of reservoirs significantly affects socio-economic development. The historical and socio-economic dataset of reservoir construction in China’s arid zones provides a scientific basis for solving the problems of reservoir construction and abandonment, reservoir optimality and scheduling, efficient use of regional water resources, ecological construction, and sustainable development. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-03b24d90c0994dfe9aec68ea49c0c28a2025-08-20T04:01:46ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632025-08-0112111010.1038/s41597-025-05712-3Historical dataset of reservoir construction in arid regionsEnwei Huang0Guofeng Zhu1Gaojia Meng2Yuhao Wang3Longhu Chen4YuXin Miao5QingYang Wang6Xinyue Shi7Ling Zhao8Qinqin Wang9Xiaoyu Qi10Xuan Zhang11Yinying Jiao12Siyu Lu13Rui Li14WenMin Li15College of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityCollege of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal UniversityAbstract Reservoirs are important for flood control, irrigation, and electricity generation, and the scarcity of water resources in arid areas makes the role of reservoirs even more important. We registered 669 reservoirs distributed in China’s arid zones and supplemented the reservoir-related historical and socio-economic data, and the reservoir information completion degree in the dataset reached 98.53%. The study showed that the construction of reservoirs in China’s arid zones can generally be divided into rapid growth, stable growth, and high-quality growth phases. According to the hydrological pattern of the arid zone, the spatial distribution of reservoirs in the arid zone overlaps strongly with the distribution of agricultural land and population, and the construction of reservoirs significantly affects socio-economic development. The historical and socio-economic dataset of reservoir construction in China’s arid zones provides a scientific basis for solving the problems of reservoir construction and abandonment, reservoir optimality and scheduling, efficient use of regional water resources, ecological construction, and sustainable development.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05712-3 |
| spellingShingle | Enwei Huang Guofeng Zhu Gaojia Meng Yuhao Wang Longhu Chen YuXin Miao QingYang Wang Xinyue Shi Ling Zhao Qinqin Wang Xiaoyu Qi Xuan Zhang Yinying Jiao Siyu Lu Rui Li WenMin Li Historical dataset of reservoir construction in arid regions Scientific Data |
| title | Historical dataset of reservoir construction in arid regions |
| title_full | Historical dataset of reservoir construction in arid regions |
| title_fullStr | Historical dataset of reservoir construction in arid regions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Historical dataset of reservoir construction in arid regions |
| title_short | Historical dataset of reservoir construction in arid regions |
| title_sort | historical dataset of reservoir construction in arid regions |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05712-3 |
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