Figure 7

Plots of spatial distributions of the aridity index and the elasticities of streamflow in the Tarim River Basin in different period (Note: The map was generated with data available from the Chinese Geospatial Data Cloud using ESRI’s ArcGIS (version 10.1; http://www.gscloud.cn/). (a,b,c,d) Represent the aridity index, precipitation elasticity, potential evapotranspiration elasticity, and landscape parameter elasticity, respectively. The blue gradient mask represents the spatial distribution of the aridity index (or precipitation elasticity/potential evapotranspiration elasticity/landscape parameter elasticity) in post impacted period II).