Table 1. TWS changes and hydrological attributions in zonal and global endorheic basins from April 2002 to March 2016.
Endorheic Region |
Area | Terrestrial Water Storage | Surface Water | Soil Moisture | Groundwater | ||||
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106 km2 | Gt yr−1 | mm yr−1 SLE | Gt yr−1 | % of ΔTWS | Gt yr−1 | % of ΔTWS | Gt yr−1 | % of ΔTWS | |
Central Eurasia | 12.69 | −73.64 (±7.74) | 0.203 (±0.021) | −35.40 (±6.19) | 48.08 (±8.40) | −23.34 (±4.91) | 31.70 (±6.67) | −14.89 (±11.06) | 20.23 (±15.01) |
Caspian Sea | 3.17 | −40.96 (±4.66) | 0.113 (±0.013) | −28.22 (±2.62) | 68.91 (±6.39) | −17.08 (±3.36) | 41.69 (±8.21) | 4.34 (±6.31) | −10.60 (±15.41) |
Aral Sea | 1.65 | −7.31 (±1.68) | 0.020 (±0.005) | −6.04 (±0.86) | 82.67 (±11.77) | −2.28 (±0.79) | 31.25 (±10.80) | 1.02 (±2.04) | −13.92 (±27.95) |
Tibet | 1.06 | 5.06 (±1.04) | −0.014 (±0.003) | 4.13 (±1.27) | 81.76 (±25.04) | 0.40 (±0.58) | 7.98 (±11.45) | 0.52 (±1.74) | 10.26 (±34.37) |
Others | 6.80 | −30.42 (±3.17) | 0.084 (±0.009) | −5.27 (±3.11) | 17.32 (±10.22) | −4.38 (±1.85) | 14.41 (±6.07) | −20.77 (±4.81) | 68.27 (±15.80) |
Sahara/Arabia | 11.07 | −33.10 (±3.57) | 0.091 (±0.010) | 0.01 (±0.53) | −0.03 (±1.61) | 0.12 (±2.46) | −0.36 (±7.43) | −33.23 (±4.37) | 100.39 (±13.19) |
Andes/Patagonia | 1.38 | −9.61 (±1.96) | 0.026 (±0.005) | −2.88 (±1.40) | 29.94 (±14.62) | −2.98 (±0.89) | 31.06 (±9.29) | −3.75 (±2.57) | 39.00 (±26.73) |
Australia | 4.13 | −4.05 (±4.86) | 0.011 (±0.013) | −0.03 (±1.73) | 0.79 (±42.68) | −0.20 (±2.47) | 4.88 (±61.08) | −3.82 (±5.72) | 94.33 (±141.27) |
North America | 1.33 | −2.53 (±2.00) | 0.007 (±0.006) | −0.43 (±0.58) | 16.82 (±23.00) | −1.32 (±0.72) | 51.99 (±28.44) | −0.79 (±2.21) | 31.19 (±87.18) |
GRVSA | 2.07 | 16.60 (±2.28) | −0.046 (±0.006) | 0.37 (±0.60) | 2.21 (±3.60) | −0.30 (±1.33) | −1.82 (±8.01) | 16.54 (±2.70) | 99.61 (±16.28) |
Global | 32.67 | −106.32 (±11.70) | 0.293 (±0.032) | −38.36 (±10.52) | 36.08 (±9.89) | −28.02 (±7.93) | 26.36 (±7.46) | −39.94 (±17.62) | 37.56 (±16.57) |