This data is the restoration of the distribution of the main ancient irrigation canals in the middle and upper reaches of the Heihe River Basin from the Ming Dynasty to the Republic of China. It is based on the basic data of reprinting ganzhenzhi, reconstructing the new records of Suzhou and ganzhoufu, and combined with the topographic map and image of the 1960s. It is provided in the form of ArcGIS software ShapeFile, GCS krasovsky 1940 coordinate system, and trans Mercator projection grid. The data type is linear vector, and its attributes include name, source, length, irrigation area, etc.

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Xie, Y. (2013). Dataset of irrigated channels distribution in the middle and upper reaches of Heihe River Basin from the Ming Dynasty to the Republic of China. A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, DOI: 10.3972/heihe.097.2013.db. CSTR: 18406.11.heihe.097.2013.db. (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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1.Liang Shi.Study on the Spatio-temporal Process of Oasisization and Desertification in the Period of Ming, Qing Dynasties and Republic of China in the Middle Reaches of Heihe River[D]. Lanzhou: Master Degree Thesis of Lanzhou University, 2010. (View Details | Download )

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