[1]LI Lianxiu,GU Zhanfei,LI Yulong,et al.Variation of Low Water Level and Its Influencing Factors in the West and North River Delta[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2022,29(03):404-410.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
29
Number of periods:
2022 03
Page number:
404-410
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Public date:
2022-04-20
- Title:
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Variation of Low Water Level and Its Influencing Factors in the West and North River Delta
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LI Lianxiu1, GU Zhanfei1, LI Yulong2, ZHAO Dong3
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(1.School of Civil engineering, Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, Zhengzhou 450000, China; 2.State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; 3.Sichuan Academy of Environmental Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China)
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- Keywords:
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West and North River Delta; low water level; precipitation; human activities
- CLC:
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TV143
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- Abstract:
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The variation of low water level in river deltas is controlled by climate factors and human activities, and it is of great significance for channel navigation and water intake. In order to investigate the evolution of low water level and its influencing factors in the West and North River Delta, based on the annual lowest water level data of the Makou and Sanshui stations during the 1972—2017, and the data of riverbed topography, precipitation, runoff and sea level of these two stations, the evolution trend of annual lowest water level was identified and the effects of influencing factors on the process of its evolution were discussed. The results show that the evolution process of the annual lowest water level of the Makou and Sanshui stations can be divided into the fluctuation period(1972—1990), the significant decrease period(1991—2003)and the recovery period(2004—2017). From 1972 to 1990, the lowest water level fluctuated around -0.11 m under the control of precipitation. Between 1991 and 2003, the lowest water level dropped to below -0.50 m due to the severe riverbed downcutting. During 2004—2017, the lowest water level slightly rose under the combined influence of multiple factors, such as the regulating effect of soil-water conservation and reservoir on runoff in dry season. In recent years, the influence of human activities on the low water level in the West and North River Delta has gradually surpassed the climatic factors and become the dominant factor of the evolution of low water level.