NDLI: Dynamic changes of sediment load and water discharge in the Weihe River, China

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Author	Chang, Jianxia Li, Yunyun Wei, Jie Wang, Yimin Guo, Aijun
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	The abrupt reduction of the water discharge and sediment load in the Yellow River has attracted much attention during the past several decades. This paper investigates the temporal and spatial changes of annual sediment load and water discharge in the Weihe River basin, the largest tributary of the Yellow River, which contributes 40 % of the sediment and 26 % of the water to the Yellow River. The results suggest that sediment load and water discharge in the Weihe River basin from both mainstream and tributaries show significant decreasing trends (significance level of 0.05). The trends show the following three distinct stages: the fluctuating stage (1956–1969), the slowly decreasing stage (1970–1979) and the accelerated decreasing stage (1980–2010). Additionally, the water discharge decreases more quickly than sediment. Spatially, the greatest reduction in water discharge and sediment load occurs upstream of the river. Additionally, the decrease in water discharge and sediment load in the main stream is greater than in the tributary. The focal years of water discharge and sediment changes are the same for each station except for the Zhuangtou Station, which were approximately 1970 and during the 1990s. Human activities contribute much more to changes in the hydrological series, and the percentage of human activity impacts on the water discharge are much larger than the sediment load for most of the periods. The relationship between the average monthly water discharge and the sediment load shows a clockwise loop curve. The change points for the annual water discharge and the sediment load relationship occurred mainly in 1983 for most stations. The reduction in the water discharge and sediment load is caused mainly by human activities, especially soil and water conservation projects (such as afforestation, terraces, reservoirs and dams). In summary, the results in this study provide further evidence of the need for river basin management.
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Ending Page	17
Page Count	17
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ISSN	18666280
Journal	Environmental Earth Sciences
Volume Number	75
Issue Number	12
e-ISSN	18666299
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2016-06-22
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Yellow river Water discharge Sediment load Human activity Sediment load relationship Geology Hydrology/Water Resources Geochemistry Environmental Science and Engineering Terrestrial Pollution Biogeosciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Global and Planetary Change Earth-Surface Processes Soil Science Environmental Chemistry Pollution Geology Water Science and Technology

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