Environmental Science
8 years ago

Drastic decrease in river runoff and sediment poses environmental threat

Variation characteristics of runoff and sediment in Xiliugou River basin for recent 51 years
Guo Ya

Paper Summary

The researchers analyzed 51 years of data from Xiliugou River basin to study changes in precipitation, runoff, and sediment. They found that precipitation has slowly increased over time, while runoff and sediment have significantly decreased. The abrupt changes in runoff and sediment occurred at different years, with runoff changing in 2004 and sediment changing in 2000.

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