Contribution of River Mouth Reach to Sediment Load of the Yangtze River

This paper examined the sediment gain and loss in the river mouth reach of the Yangtze River by considering sediment load from the local tributaries, erosion/accretion of the river course, impacts of sand mining, and water extraction. A quantitative estimation of the contribution of the river mouth...

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Main Authors: C. Wang, S. B. Dai, L. S. Ran, L. Jiang, W. T. Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/415058