西北地区,包括新疆、甘肃、青海、宁夏、内蒙、山西、陕西等七省、自治区,是一个干旱与半干旱地区。水,是这里农业生产发展中最突出的问题。这不仅由于水资源有限,而且一些主要自然灾害,如干旱、土地的盐碱化、沙化等,都与水资源利用有关。就目前西北地区的水资源利用情况 The northwestern regions, including Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces and autonomous regions, are arid and semi-arid areas. Water is the most prominent issue in the development of agricultural production here. This is not only due to the limited water resources, but also some major natural disasters such as drought, salinization of land and desertification, all of which are related to the utilization of water resources. On the current situation of water resources utilization in Northwest China