| Autor: |
Lu, Xiaorong, Wang, Xuelei, Yang, Chao, Liu, Xi, Yang, Qing |
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Water (20734441); Jul2018, Vol. 10 Issue 7, p887, 1p |
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Riverine sediment transport plays an important role in the global geochemical cycle. With a growing interest in global riverine environmental changes, a better understanding of water-sediment relationship dynamics and their driving forces is crucial for basin management, which is particularly associated with cascade dam construction. In this contribution, a simple and effective sediment load reduction factor analysis is used to attribute the changes in river sediment load to different drivers. The Mann–Kendall (MK) trend test and the double-mass curve (DMC) method were combined to reveal the trends and causes of change in the water-sediment relationship from 1965 to 2015 in the middle reaches of the Hanjiang River. We found that sediment load trend decreased significantly, which was caused by a decrease in water yield (5.05%), and the relative contributions of precipitation decrease (1.66%). Furthermore, only one mutation could be identified in 1974 at Huangzhuang station. Evapotranspiration and vegetation coverage had slight decreasing effects on sediment load. The impact of human activities on the water-sediment relationship has intensified over the past 15 years. We therefore propose the establishment of an integrated basin-wide ecosystem and optimized reservoir operation rule for sustainable water use and sediment regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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