Change in Land Use and Evapotranspiration in the Manas River Basin, China with Long-term Water-saving Measures.

In the MRB, the areas of dryland, residential land and meadow were significantly increased over the last 40 years while the areas of the grassland, sparse grassland, sparse shrub and glacier (or permanent snow) land cover exhibited a decreasing trend (Fig. 3 ).

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The reclamation rates were estimated at 9.5% in 1976 and 21.8% in 2015 and the comprehensive index of land use degree shows an increasing trend in the MRB.

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