Downstream Yangtze River levels impacted by Three Gorges Dam

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Jida ^a   Sheng, Yongwei ^a   Gleason, Colin J ^a   Wada, Yoshihide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

channel erosion; human impact; Three Gorges Dam; water level; water regulation; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLOODS; WATER LEVELS;

CHANNEL EROSION; HUMAN IMPACT; THREE GORGES DAM; WATER REGULATION; YANGTZE RIVER;

RIVERS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; STANDARD (REGULATION); WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; HUBEI; PACIFIC OCEAN; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84891955837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044012     Document Type: Article

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