Rapid channel incision of the lower Pearl River (China) since the 1990s as a consequence of sediment depletion
This paper reported a dramatic channel incision (>10 m in the deepest cut) during the past 10 y or so in the lower Pearl River, the second largest river in terms of water discharge in China. The channel incision had caused changes both in the channel geometry as well as in the river hydraulic...
Main Authors: | X. X. Lu, S. R. Zhang, S. P. Xie, P. K. Ma |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Copernicus Publications
2007-12-01
|
Series: | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1897/2007/hess-11-1897-2007.pdf |
Similar Items
-
Spatiotemporal variation of essential ecosystem services and their trade-off/synergy along with rapid urbanization in the Lower Pearl River Basin, China
by: Feng, X., et al.
Published: (2021) -
More frequent flooding? Changes in flood frequency in the Pearl River basin, China, since 1951 and over the past 1000 years
by: Q. Zhang, et al.
Published: (2018-05-01) -
Cyanobacterial community diversity in the sediments of the Pearl River Estuary in China
by: Fu-Lin Sun, et al.
Published: (2017-12-01) -
The relation between channel instability and sediment transport on Lower Fraser River
by: McLean, David George
Published: (2011) -
The Distribution of Bathyarchaeota in Surface Sediments of the Pearl River Estuary Along Salinity Gradient
by: Dayu Zou, et al.
Published: (2020-02-01)