Historical dataset of reservoir construction in arid regions
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.
Authors
- Yinying Jiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1652-3784)
- Guofeng Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0572-7041)
- Qin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1507-9316)
- Gaojia Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9759-3118)
- Siyu Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5005-9372)
- Yandong Miao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1429-8915)
- Longhu Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2858-475X)
- Xuan Zhang
- Yuhao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8445-0361)
- Rui Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4461-6507)
- Ling Zhao
- Wenmin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4665-8508)
- Qinqin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3625-5980)
- Xiaoyu Qi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9561-1343)
- Enwei Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2197-884X)
- Xinyue Shi
Institutions
- Gansu Agricultural University (CN)
- Ministry of Agriculture (EE)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (CN)
- Northwest Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scientific Data
- Published
- 2025-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05712-3
- Citations
- 21
- Primary Topic
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 23.21
Funders
- Northwest Normal University
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province