scholarly journals Trends in observed mean and extreme precipitation within the Yellow River Basin, China

2018 ◽  
Vol 136 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 1387-1396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Zhao ◽  
Xiangde Xu ◽  
Wubin Huang ◽  
Yuhong Wang ◽  
Yanling Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Extreme Precipitation ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
The Yellow River Basin

scholarly journals Prediction of Sediment Yield in the Middle Reaches of the Yellow River Basin Under Extreme Precipitation

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzhen Dang ◽  
Xiaoyan Liu ◽  
Huijuan Yin ◽  
Xinwei Guo
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Sediment Yield ◽  
Extreme Precipitation ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
The Loess Plateau ◽  
The Yellow River Basin

The Yellow River is one of the rivers with the largest amount of sediment in the world. The amount of incoming sediment has an important impact on water resources management, sediment regulation schemes, and the construction of water conservancy projects. The Loess Plateau is the main source of sediment in the Yellow River Basin. Floods caused by extreme precipitation are the primary driving forces of soil erosion in the Loess Plateau. In this study, we constructed the extreme precipitation scenarios based on historical extreme precipitation records in the main sediment-yielding area in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. The amount of sediment yield under current land surface conditions was estimated according to the relationship between extreme precipitation and sediment yield observations in the historical period. The results showed that the extreme rainfall scenario of the study area reaches to 159.9 mm, corresponding to a recurrence period of 460 years. The corresponding annual sediment yield under the current land surface condition was range from 0.821 billion tons to 1.899 billion tons, and the median annual sediment yield is 1.355 billion tons, of which more than 91.9% of sediment yields come from the Hekouzhen to Longmen sectionand the Jinghe River basin. Therefore, even though the vegetation of the Loess Plateau has been greatly improved, and a large number of terraces and check dams have been built, the flood control and key project operation of the Yellow River still need to be prepared to deal with the large amount of sediment transport.

The Spatial and Temporal Variations Characteristic of Erosive Rainfall in the Yellow River Basin during 1961-2010

2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 3269-3273
Author(s):  
Xin Ling Cai ◽  
Qian Li ◽  
Lin Hu ◽  
Xiao Meng Zhao
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Extreme Precipitation ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
Temporal Variations ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variations ◽  
Annual Precipitation ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
The Yellow River Basin ◽  
Erosive Rainfall

Based on the daily rainfall data of 145 meteorological stations in the Yellow River basin, the spatial and temporal variations characteristic of erosive rainfall was analyzed by using statistical methods. The results show that the trend of the erosion precipitation, extreme precipitation and annual precipitation is significantly reduced. The erosion precipitation, extreme precipitation and annual precipitation are decrease from southeast to northwest. The long-term trends of different intensities rainfall is non-uniformity in space nearly 50 years. The erosion precipitation and annual precipitation are increasing in most areas of the upper reaches of the Yellow River basin, and are decreasing in the others areas, especially decreasing significantly in the water and soil loss of serious erosion in the Loess Plateau.

scholarly journals Nitrogen Fertilization Effects on Physiology of the Cotton Boll–Leaf System

Agronomy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Jing Chen ◽  
Liantao Liu ◽  
Zhanbiao Wang ◽  
Hongchun Sun ◽  
Yongjiang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Nitrogen Rate ◽  
The Yellow River Basin ◽  
Source Sink ◽  
Subtending Leaves

The objective of this study was to assess the impacts of nitrogen on the physiological characteristics of the source–sink system of upper fruiting branches under various amounts of nitrogen fertilization. A two-year field experiment was conducted with a Bt cotton cultivar in the Yellow River Basin of China. The growth and yield of cotton of the upper fruiting branches were compared under four nitrogen levels: Control (N0, 0 kg ha−1), low nitrogen (N1, 120 kg ha−1), moderate nitrogen (N2, 240 kg ha−1), and high nitrogen (N3, 480 kg ha−1). The results indicated that in the subtending leaves in upper fruiting branches, chlorophyll content, protein content, and peroxidase (POD) activity dramatically increased with nitrogen application, reaching the highest under the moderate nitrogen treatment. The physiological characters in the seeds had the same trends as in the subtending leaves. Furthermore, the moderate nitrogen rate (240 kg ha−1) had a favorable yield and quality. Our results supported that a moderate nitrogen rate (240 kg ha−1) could coordinate the source–sink growth of cotton in the late stage, enhance the yield and fiber quality, and decrease the cost of fertilizer in the Yellow River Basin of China and other similar ecological areas.

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