Public concern over environmental issues such as ecosystem degradation is high. However,
restoring coupled human-natural systems requires integration across many science …

We review over twenty years of publications on Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)
applications in arid/semi-arid irrigated agricultural watersheds. Our review reveals strict …

Urmia Lake, once the second largest saline lake in the world, is on the verge of complete
desiccation. It has been suggested that the desiccation is caused by intensified human …

This paper presents a new framework for evaluating the sustainability of basin-wide
ecosystem services (ESs) including provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural …

Countries' water-related programs mainly align with water scarcity and climate change
adaptation. However, a central point about the proposed strategies is the effectiveness …

Losing eight meters of water level over a 20-year period from 1996 to 2016 marked the Lake
Urmia (LU) as one of the regional environmental crises. This condition has threatened biota …

Abstract Study region Zarineh River Basin, a significant contributor to Urmia Lake inflow,
Iran. Study focus Employing SWAT+, WEAP, and IAHRIS, we assess environmental flow …

Competition for water between agriculture and the environment is a growing problem in
irrigated regions across the globe, especially in endorheic basins with downstream …

In watersheds located in semi-arid regions, vegetation dynamics, evapotranspiration (ET),
and associated water and energy balances collectively play a major role in controlling …

Lake Urmia (LU) is the second largest hypersaline lake in the world. Lake Urmia's water
level has dropped drastically from 1277.85 m to 1270.08 m asl (equal to 7.77 m) during the …