GUO Wen-xian, LI Yue, WANG Hong-xiang, ZHA Hu-fei
China Rural Water and Hydropower. 2018, (11):
87-92.
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To assess flow and sediment alternation and influence in the lower reaches of Three Gorges Reservoir, runoff and sediment during the period from 1952 to 2015 at the Yichang station were evaluated by using the double cumulative curve analysis method, the Mann-Kendall statistical test and the range of variability approach. The results show that the double cumulative curve witnessed a marked turnaround in 2003, and the annual average flow and sediment concentration showed a significant downward trend. The monthly flow increased during the period of wet season and decreased during the dry season. The monthly sediment decreased significantly. The annual 1-, 3-, 7-, 30-, 90-day minima flows reached high alteration, and the annual extreme indicators of sediment reached high alteration, with alteration of 100%. The pulses of flow were low alteration mainly, but the high pulses of sediment reached high alteration, with alteration of 100%. The reveals of flow and sediment, the fall rate and rise rate of sediment were fell in high alteration. Those changes would have a profound impact on the ecology in the basin. The runoff and sediment situation have been changed after the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir, causing some impacts on river ecosystem health in the lower Yangtze River. The study provides a scientific reference for the ecological protection in the lower reaches of the Three Gorges Reservoir.