Non-stationary water-level fluctuation in China’s Poyang Lake and its interactions with Yangtze River

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 274-288

  Dai, Xue ^a,b   Wan, Rongrong ^a   Yang, Guishan ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Poyang Lake; River lake interactions; Seasonal water level fluctuations in lakes; Slope of water surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926685542     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-015-1167-x     Document Type: Article

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