Simulation of soil loss processes based on rainfall runoff and the time factor of governance in the Jialing River Watershed, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3731-3748

  Wu, Lei ^a   Long, Tian Yu ^a   Liu, Xia ^b   Mmereki, Daniel ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENYANG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic simulation of temporal and spatial distribution; Jialing River Watershed; Rainfall runoff modulus; Sediment transport; The time factor of governance; Water and sediment characteristic changes

Indexed keywords

RAINFALL RUNOFF; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WATER;

ALGORITHM; CATCHMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GIS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATERSHED;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; RIVER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TIME FACTOR OF GOVERNANCE; VEGETATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; KINETICS; SEDIMENT; SOIL; WATER FLOW;

CHINA; JIALING RIVER; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; YANGTZE RIVER;

CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; KINETICS; RAIN; SOIL; TIME; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84863748720     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2220-6     Document Type: Article

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