Journal
STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT
Volume 31, Issue 7, Pages 1791-1803Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-016-1333-4
Keywords
Runoff; Sediment load; SWAT model; Check dams
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41671279, 41271295, 41201266]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZZD-EW-04-03]
- National Key Scientific Research Project [2016YFC0402401]
- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau [A314021403-Q2]
- Beijing Water Science & Technology Institute [Z141100003614052]
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Check dam has become an efficient measure to control sediment transport and soil erosion in the gully areas. It plays an important role in soil erosion control and agricultural production in the Loess Plateau. Due to construction of numerous check dams, it is necessary to assess the impact of check dams on runoff and sediment load at basin scale. This study applied the SWAT model to simulate monthly runoff and sediment load in the Huangfuchuan basin in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. Twenty key check dams are coupled to the SWAT model simulation in the calibration (1978-1984) and validation period (1985-1989). The determination coefficient (R (2)) and the Nash-Sutcliffe coefficient (NS) were 0.94 and 0.83 for runoff, and 0.82 and 0.81 for sediment load in the calibration period, respectively. During the validation period, the R (2) and NS were 0.93 and 0.80 for runoff, and 0.90 and 0.83 for sediment load respectively. The results showed that the model simulation was acceptable. Subsequently, the calibrated model was used to examine the effect of check dams on runoff and sediment load between 1990 and 2012. It showed that the increasing check dams contributed 24.8 and 27.7% to the decrease of annual runoff and sediment load during the period of 1990-1999, whereas it reached up to 65.2% for runoff decline and 78.3% for sediment load reduction within 2000-2012. Overall, this study illustrated a case study of the dominant role of check dams on variation of runoff and sediment load in the Huangfuchuan basin.
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