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In arid and semiarid area, the recharge rate is relatively limited and the unsaturated zone (UZ) is commonly thick. The moisture in the UZ may represent the water infiltrating from precipitation during the past decades to thousands of years. Therefore, the multiple geochemical tracers in soil moisture, including Cl (chloride mass balance),  3 H (tritium peak displacement), NO 3 ,  2 H,  18 O, can be used to estimate diffuse recharge rate and related recharge characteristics. Based on 45 UZ profiles with maximum depth of 62 m in the Ordos Basin in NW China, a typical arid and semiarid area, we has used multiple geochemical tracers to study the following recharge informations: (1) reconstruction of groundwater recharge history, (2) determination of groundwater recharge mechanism, and (3) assessment of impact of vegetation changes on groundwater recharge. The results show that the soil texture (epically the shallow soil), vegetation and precipitation mainly control the recharge rate. This study also found that shallow groundwater in arid and semiarid areas is often not in equilibrium with near-surface boundary conditions. To estimate present recharge information, the UZ must be considered. The whole recharge process from precipitation to groundwater cannot be well understood unless the UZ have been included in arid and semiarid areas.

The role of unsaturated zone in estimating groundwater recharge in arid and semiarid areas as depicted by geochemical tracers