SEDIMENT FLUX INTO THE SEA AS INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT WATER AND SEDIMENT SOURCES IN THE DRAINAGE BASIN: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE YELLOW RIVER, CHINA
SEDIMENT FLUX INTO THE SEA AS INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT WATER AND SEDIMENT SOURCES IN THE DRAINAGE BASIN: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE YELLOW RIVER, CHINA
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2002
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Xu Jiong
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Xu Jiong
The runoff and sediment of large rivers usually come from different source areas, which make different contributions to the sediment flux into the sea. This has been studied with an example from the Yellow River in China, whose suspended sediment flux into the sea accounts for a large percentage of the total of the world. The drainage basin of this river can be divided into 4 major water and sediment source areas. The sediment flux into the sea is closely related to the water and sediment from the different source areas in the drainage basin and, accordingly, an empirical regression model has been established to express this relationship. According to this model, for each unit amount of sediment from the fine sediment producing area (FSA), 85% (for annual series) or 72% (for event series) can be transported into the sea; however, for the sediment from the coarse sediment producing area (CSA), only 21% (for annual series) or 34% (for event series) can be delivered to the sea. Since the 1970s, the Yellow River's sediment flux into the sea has declined markedly and this reduction can be attributed to a great degree to the soil control measures in the fine sediment producing area. Combining the model of this study and the previously established models for estimating the water and sediment reduction caused by soil control measures in the Yellow River basin, quantitative prediction may be made for the change of sediment flux caused by climate change and human activities in the future.