Changes in the sediment load of the Lancang-Mekong River over the period 1965-2003

查看全文 作　　者：LIU [1,2]Cheng;HE [2]Yun;WALLING Des [3]E;WANG [4]JianJun

机构地区：[1]International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation;[2]China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research;[3]Department of Geography,College of Life and Environmental Sciences,University of Exeter,Exeter,Devon,EX4 4RJ,UK;[4]Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering,University of New Brunswick,Fredericton,NB,Canada,E3B 5A3

出　　处：《Science China(Technological Sciences)》索引2013年第56卷第4期,共10页

基　　金：supported by the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (Grant No. Shaji-1230);the 12th Five-Year National Science and Technology Support Program of China (Grant No.2012BAB02B01);the University of Exeter and the University of New Brunswick (Canada Research Chairs Program) 摘　　要：Changes in the sediment load of a river can have important impacts on river channel evolution,nutrient fluxes,aquatic ecology and delta erosion and sedimentation,and the possibility of changes in the sediment load of the Lancang-Mekong River has attracted increasing concern in recent years.Existing studies present conflicting findings regarding the nature and magnitude of recent changes in the sediment load of the Lancang-Meking River and the authors have attempted to assemble the most reliable data on annual sediment loads for the period 1965-2003,to assess recent trends in the sediment load of the river.The changes in annual sediment load at 7 stations on the river are analyzed.Important sediment contributing areas are found in the reaches between Gajiu and Yunjinghong,Chiang Saen and Luang Prabang and downstream of Nong Khai.The sediment load increased at Gajiu,Yunjinghong and Chiang Saen over the period 1985-1992 because of serious soil erosion caused by the expansion of cultivation,the replacement of natural forest by plantations and land disturbance associated with hydropower dam construction.A marked reduction in sediment load occurred at Gajiu after the impoundment of the Manwan Hydropower dam on the Lancang River,but this reduction was not evident downstream at Yunjinghong and the stations further downstream.Significant increases in sediment load appeared at Mukdahan and Khong Chiam.These contrasting patterns of change reflect the influence of sediment contributions from the intervening catchment areas and channel systems as well as storage and remobilization of sediment from the channel system and the impact of hydraulic works such as irrigation systems.The long term mean annual sediment load of the Mekong River at its mouth is estimated to be ca.145×106ta-1,which is lower than previously reported values and it seems likely that this will be reduced in the foreseeable future. 关键词：泥沙变化澜沧江湄公河年输沙量通道系统河道演变水生生态近期变化

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