Multi-temporal scale changes of streamflow and sediment discharge in the headwaters of Yellow River and Yangtze River on the Tibetan Plateau, China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 102, Issue , 2017, Pages 240-254

  Jiang, Chong ^a   Zhang, Linbo ^b   Tang, Zhipeng ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; China; Climate change; Sediment discharge; Streamflow; Yellow River and Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; METEOROLOGY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHANGE-POINT ANALYSIS; CHINA; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SPECIFIC SEDIMENT YIELD; YANGTZE RIVER;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEADWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE BASIN; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 85013760654     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.01.029     Document Type: Article

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