Legacy effects on river sediments are those which alter the location and volume of
sediments and/or presence of contaminants within the sediments as a result of human …

Many large rivers in the world delivers decreasing sediment loads to coastal oceans owing
to reductions in sediment yield and disrupted sediment deliver. Understanding the sediment …

Abstract The Three Gorges Dam (TGD), on the upper valley of the Yangtze River, China, is
the largest water conservancy and power generation project in the world. Problematic …

Climate change and human activities have substantially changed hydrological and
geomorphologic processes, particularly in upper mountainous catchments. The Jinsha River …

The hydrological connectivity on the Loess Plateau has been greatly altered by soil and
water conservation measures in the past six decades, leading to significant reduction in …

Chinese agriculture has been developing fast towards industrial food production systems
that discharge nutrient-rich wastewater into rivers. As a result, nutrient export by rivers has …

Over the past 60 years, because of the combined impacts of human activities and climate
change, the sediment load of the nine major rivers (the Yellow, Yangtze, Pearl …

A number of large hydropower dams are currently under development or in an advanced
stage of planning in the Magdalena River basin, Colombia, spelling uncertainty for the …

River sediment flux, the most critical element of land-ocean interaction, is undergoing
significant changes due to climate variability and anthropogenic activities. Thus, identifying …

Abstract The upper Yangtze River (UYR) plays an important role in water supply,
hydropower generation, environmental and ecological protection. Constructions of Mega …