Water discharge and sediment load changes in China: Change patterns, causes, and implications

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5849-5875

  Jiang, Chong ^a,b,c   Zhang, Linbo ^a   Li, Daiqing ^a   Li, Fen ^a  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

Monsoon; Precipitation; Sediment load; Soil and water conservation engineering; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SHORE PROTECTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

CORRELATION STATISTICS; HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SEDIMENT LOADS; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION; YARLUNG ZANGBO RIVER BASINS;

STREAM FLOW;

HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; STREAMFLOW; TESTING METHOD; WESTERLY;

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; CHINA; MEKONG RIVER; QINGHAI; XIZANG;

EID: 84980002146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7105849     Document Type: Article

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