Fluvial sedimentation of the permanent backwater zone in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China
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Environmental water body characteristics in a major tributary backwater of the unique and strongly seasonal Three Gorges Reservoir, China.
Ecological consequences of large dams, particularly regarding the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) on the Yangtze River in China, have been controversially and internationally discussed. Water quality within the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) has been deteriorated by highly underestimated eutrophication and algal blooms. Globally, the TGR is delineated from other comparable reservoirs by its low mean water...
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عنوان ژورنال: Lake and Reservoir Management
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1040-2381,2151-5530
DOI: 10.1080/10402381.2015.1085115