Spatial assessment of hydrologic alteration across the Pearl River Delta, China, and possible underlying causes

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1565-1574

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Xu, Chong Yu ^b   Chen, Yongqin David ^a   Yang, Tao ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrologic alteration; Pearl River Delta; Range of variability approach; Water level

Indexed keywords

CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; CONTROL STATION; DATA SETS; GAUGING STATIONS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGIC ALTERATION; INFLUENCING FACTOR; MAPPING METHOD; NATURAL HAZARD; PEARL RIVER DELTA; RANGE OF VARIABILITY APPROACH; RANGE OF VARIABILITY APPROACHES; RIVER CHANNELS; RIVER SANDS; SAND DREDGING; SPATIAL ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL PATTERNS; UNDERLYING CAUSE; UPSTREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

GEMS; RIVER CONTROL; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WATER LEVELS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; FLOW CONTROL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MAPPING METHOD; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

PEUCEDANUM SANDWICENSE;

EID: 65949094817     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7268     Document Type: Article

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