Impoundment Effects of the Three-Gorges-Dam on Flow Regimes in Two China’s Largest Freshwater Lakes

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 5111-5124

  Lai, Xijun ^a   Liang, Qiuhua ^b   Jiang, Jiahu ^a   Huang, Qun ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CHAM Yangtze; Dongting Lake; Flow regime; Hydrodynamic model; Poyang Lake; Three Gorges Dam

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY;

CHAM-YANGTZE; DONGTING LAKE; FLOW REGIMES; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; PO-YANG LAKES; THREE GORGES DAM;

SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

DAM; FLOW MODELING; IMPOUNDMENT; OUTFLOW; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

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

EID: 84910011465     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0797-6     Document Type: Article

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