Abstract:The Gansu Poplar (Populus gansuensis C.Wang et H. L.Yang ) shelter forest farmland play an important role in protecting and improving in the middle Heihe basin. It covers the area of about 18000 hectares and shelters farmland of 66700 hectares against damages of sandstorm and dry thermal wind. Understanding of water consumption in artificial Gansu Poplar forest is critical for assessing the balancing relation between the ecological function of artificial forest and the consumption of water resources. The he...