River network evolution and fluvial process responses to human activity in a hyper-arid environment - Case of the Tarim River in Northwest China
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- 作者：Guo-An Yua ; b ; yuga@igsnrr.ac.cn" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Markus Disseb ; He Qing Huanga ; Yang Yub ; Zhiwei Lic
- 关键词：Channel network evolution ; Fluvial processes ; Human impacts ; Dryland river ; Tarim River
- 刊名：Catena
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：147
- 期：Complete
- 页码：96-109
- 全文大小：3858 K
文摘
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The Tarim River has undergone ever-increasing human impacts over recent centuries.
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Runoff/sediment load of the river and vegetation in the basin decreased obviously.
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Quasi-centripetal river network system disintegrated into isolated river systems
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Mean width and braiding intensity of braided channel in last decades gently decreased
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Sinuosity degree of current channels distinctively lower than old abandoned channels