Impact of climate change and anthropogenic activities on stream flow and sediment discharge in the Wei River basin, China

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 961-972

  Gao, P ^a,b   Geissen, V ^b   Ritsema, C J ^b   Mu, X M ^a   Wang, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHANGE-POINT ANALYSIS; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN INTERVENTION; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

RIVERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BASIN MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISCHARGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TRIBUTARY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; WEI BASIN; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 84890911117     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-961-2013     Document Type: Article

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