Table 1 Trend analysis results and of recharge and the lower and upper limits of the 95% confidence interval in different Iranian basins and across the country

From: Decline in Iran’s groundwater recharge

Basin

Sen’s slope (L)

Significant level (p value)

Lmin95

Lmax95

Sirjan

−0.485

≤0.01

−0.682

−0.185

Atrak

0.027

>0.05

−0.075

0.164

Aras

−0.334

≤0.01

−0.531

−0.131

South Baluchestan

0.188

≤0.01

0.004

0.264

Sedij

0.558

≤0.05

0.102

0.895

Jarrahi

0.295

>0.05

−0.272

0.873

Helleh

−0.496

≤0.05

−0.804

−0.036

Lake Urmia

−0.183

>0.05

−0.459

0.057

Salt Lake

−0.804

≤0.05

−1.708

−0.136

Haraz

−2.423

≤0.001

−2.880

−1.721

Anzali

1.931

≤0.001

1.058

2.433

Sefid-roud

−0.455

>0.05

−1.414

0.083

Bakhtegan

−2.907

≤0.01

−4.349

−1.466

Gorgan

−3.003

≤0.05

−6.193

−0.628

Qareghom

0.252

>0.05

−0.324

0.604

Great Karoon

−10.297

≤0.001

−13.520

−8.088

Karkheh

−2.135

≤0.01

−3.513

−1.039

Mehran

−0.162

>0.05

−0.333

0.209

Saghand Desert

−0.115

>0.05

−0.485

0.127

Siahkooh Desert

−0.510

≤0.001

−0.699

−0.343

Lut Desert

−0.051

≤0.01

−0.077

−0.018

Central Desert

−0.660

≤0.001

−0.894

−0.384

Gavkhouni

−3.955

≤0.001

−5.148

−2.768

West Boundary River

0.490

>0.05

−0.459

1.165

Karian

−0.99

≤0.05

−1.360

−0.224

Patargan

−0.01

>0.05

−0.082

0.223

Hamun

0.23

>0.05

−0.111

0.745

Hamun Mashkil

0.10

>0.05

−0.074

0.266

Hirmand

0.03

>0.05

−0.004

0.054

Qaresou

−1.56

≤0.05

−2.957

−0.354

Iran

−3.83

≤0.001

−4.240

−2.682

  1. Lmin95 and Lmax95 are the lower and upper limits of the 95% confidence interval of calculated Sen’s slope (L), respectively.