State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology;
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography;
Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Urumqi 830011;
China;
National University of Uzbekistan;
Tashkent 100170;
Uzbekistan;
CAS Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia;
Urumqi 830011;
China;
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Beijing 100049;
China;
Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers;
Tashkent 100000;
Uzbekistan;
irrigation; groundwater level; salinity; soil salinization; salt balance; Uzbekistan;