Effects of the Three Gorges Dam on Yangtze River flow and river interaction with Poyang Lake, China: 2003-2008

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 416-417, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-27

  Guo, Hua ^a   Hu, Qi ^b   Zhang, Qi ^a   Feng, Song ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood risks; Lake water loss; River lake interaction; Seasonal effects on river flow; Three Gorges Dam; Weakened Yangtze River forcing

Indexed keywords

FLOOD RISKS; LAKE WATER LOSS; RIVER-LAKE INTERACTION; SEASONAL EFFECTS; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE RIVER;

DAMS; ECOLOGY; FLOOD CONTROL; LAKES; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISTURBANCE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; IMPOUNDMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OUTFLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE;

CHINA; HUBEI; JIANGXI; POYANG LAKE; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84855264915     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.027     Document Type: Article

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