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1 online resource (374 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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Intro -- Foreword by Dake Chen -- Foreword by Hao Wang -- Foreword by Marcel J.F. Stive -- Foreword by Stephen Darby -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 Changjiang River Basin Overview -- 1.1 Brief Introduction to the Changjiang River Basin -- 1.1.1 Physical Geography of the Changjiang River Basin -- 1.1.2 Regional Division of the Changjiang River Basin -- 1.2 Meteorological and Hydrological Characteristics of the Changjiang River Basin -- 1.2.1 Temperature Characteristics -- 1.2.2 Precipitation Characteristics -- 1.2.3 Runoff Characteristics -- References |
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2 Hydrological Processes of the Changjiang River -- 2.1 Runoff Changes in the Changjiang River -- 2.1.1 Data and Methods -- 2.1.2 Linear and Nonlinear Characteristics of the Streamflow -- 2.1.3 Modes of Streamflow Changes -- 2.1.4 Anthropogenic Impacts on Streamflow Changes -- 2.1.5 EASM and ENSO Impacts on Streamflow Changes -- 2.2 Variations of the Stage-Discharge Relationship in the Upper Changjiang River -- 2.2.1 Settings and Material -- 2.2.2 Change in Water Level and Discharge -- 2.2.3 Stage-Discharge Relationship of the Upper Reach |
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2.2.4 Impacts on Stage-Discharge Relationships of the Upper Reach -- 2.3 Hydrological Regimes of the Mid-Lower Reaches -- 2.3.1 Data and Methods -- 2.3.2 Changes in Daily Discharge and Water Level -- 2.3.3 Extreme Daily Discharge and Water Level -- 2.3.4 Monthly Discharge and Water Level -- 2.3.5 Discharge-Water Level Relationship Variation -- 2.3.6 Possible Impacted Factors on Hydrological Regimes of the Mid-Lower Reach -- 2.4 Variations in Suspended Sediment Discharge Along the Upper Middle Changjiang River -- 2.4.1 Data Collection |
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2.4.2 Suspended Sediment Discharge Changes in the Upper Reach -- 2.4.3 Suspended Sediment Discharge Changes in the Middle Reach -- 2.5 Variations in Suspended Sediment Concentration Delivered by River into the Estuary -- 2.5.1 Data Collection and Methods -- 2.5.2 Changes in Yearly SSC -- 2.5.3 Frequency Distribution of SSC -- 2.5.4 Relationship Between SSC and Water Discharge -- 2.5.5 Impacts of SSC from Water Discharge and Human Activities -- References -- 3 Lake Hydro-morphodynamic Processes of the Changjiang River -- 3.1 Hydro-morphodynamic Process of Dongting Lake |
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3.1.1 Settings and Materials -- 3.1.2 Variations of Lake Water and Suspended Sediment Discharge -- 3.1.3 Rating Curves Between Water and Suspended Sediment Discharge -- 3.1.4 Sediment Budget and Sedimentary Processes of Dongting Lake -- 3.1.5 Impacted Factors on Hydro-morphodynamic Processes -- 3.2 Hydro-sedimentological Process in Poyang Lake and Lake Delta -- 3.2.1 Region Settings and Materials -- 3.2.2 Annual Variations in the Sediment Budget of Poyang Lake -- 3.2.3 Shoreline Variation of Poyang Lake's Delta -- 3.2.4 Sedimentation Rate of the Poyang Lake Shoal |
| Summary |
This book provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the morphodynamic process of the Changjiang River from upstream to estuary in the Anthropocene. As the longest river in China, the Changjiang River has nurtured Chinese civilization with ample natural resources for thousands of years. Evidence highlights that the Changjiang River has experienced intensive human interference and indicated dramatic changes in the Anthropocene, including "no flood in flood season, no dry in dry season" in discharge; "less flood in flood season, more dry in dry season" in sediment; riverbed shifts from accretion to erosion; lakes in the middle-lower reach turn from sediment sink to source; estuarine tidal flat exhibits self-organization characteristics and maintains the current accretion state; estuarine branches that connect to the sea show district morphodynamic patterns; and depocenters of the submerged delta indicate periodic shifts. The book stresses that dam construction upstream, practically the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydraulic engineering project, has significant influences on the hydrology and geomorphology of the middle-lower reach but has a slight effect on estuarine delta development. The geomorphological structure of the estuarine channel is dominated by local land reclamation, navigation, and dredging. This book clarifies the river-estuary morphodynamics of the Changjiang River and indicates the general features of global mega rivers under human interference as well as their own response mechanisms. This book also exhibits the potential risk of river-estuary deltas in the future, as both material and dynamics are experiencing acceleration adjustment |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Fluvial geomorphology -- China -- Yangtze River
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Estuarine hydrology -- China -- Yangtze River
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River engineering -- China -- Yangtze River
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Estuarine hydrology
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Fluvial geomorphology
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River engineering
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| SUBJECT |
Yangtze River (China) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148991
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China -- Yangtze River
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789811637711 |
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9811637717 |
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