Local and Regional Scale Evaluation of the Integrated Urban Land Model by Comparing with the Common Land Model

Table 1

Main characteristics of seven basins.

Basin name	Area (km^2)	Annual mean temperature (°C)	Annual precipitation (mm)	Dominate LULC and its percentage (%)
Yellow	7.52 × 10^5	8.62	471	Grassland (66.4)
Nile	3.25 × 10^6	26.19	493	Savanna (35.1), Barren (35.7)
Niger	2.09 × 10^6	28.89	513	Barren (32.4)
Indus	1.17 × 10^6	15.41	588	Cropland (29.7), Shrubland (28.3)
Tarim	4.36 × 10^5	5.71	218	Barren (60.2)
Amu	4.65 × 10^5	9.24	154	Grassland (41.2)
Syr	2.19 × 10^5	10.88	214	Grassland (85.1)