Effects of vegetation restoration on soil conservation and sediment loads in China: A critical review

L Ran, X Lu, J Xu - Critical reviews in environmental science and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
China has been one of the countries suffering from the most serious soil erosion, which has
severely degraded soil productivity and water quality, thus affecting agricultural activities …

Research progress on the watershed sediment delivery ratio

L Wu, X Liu, X Ma - International Journal of Environmental Studies, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The watershed sediment delivery ratio (SDR) reflects the transport status of eroded soil in a
watershed, and it is an important parameter in studying the relationship between basin …

Natural and anthropogenic effects on spatio-temporal variation in sediment load and yield in the Godavari basin, India

S Das, AM Kandekar, SJ Sangode - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
River sediment, the most crucial component of the land-ocean interaction, is enduring
substantial changes worldwide because of anthropogenic alterations and climate change …

Did streamflow or suspended sediment concentration changes reduce sediment load in the middle reaches of the Yellow River?

J Zhang, X Zhang, R Li, L Chen, P Lin - Journal of Hydrology, 2017 - Elsevier
The continuous ecological restoration of the Loess Plateau, which aims to reduce the
sediment entering into the Yellow River, is known throughout the world for two strategies: the …

Effects of landuse change on surface runoff and sediment yield at different watershed scales on the Loess Plateau

X Zhang, C Wenhong, G Qingchao, W Sihong - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Erosion and sediment yield from large and small watersheds exhibit different laws.
Variations in surface runoff and sediment yield because of landuse change in four …

Impacts of different gully consolidation and highland protection models on the runoff and sediment yield in small watershed of the Chinese loess plateau—a case …

Z Zhao, A Huo, Y Cheng, P Luo, J Peng, A Elbeltagi… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Gully Consolidation and Highland Protection (GCHP) project is crucial in preventing
gully erosion in the Loess Plateau. However, there are new problems after the completion of …

The dynamic effects of pastures and crop on runoff and sediments reduction at loess slopes under simulated rainfall conditions

X Zhao, J Huang, P Wu, X Gao - Catena, 2014 - Elsevier
Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) are widely-planted pastures,
and spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the common crops on the Loess Plateau of …

Effects of watershed management practices on the relationships among rainfall, runoff, and sediment delivery in the hilly-gully region of the Loess Plateau in China

Q Yan, T Lei, C Yuan, Q Lei, X Yang, M Zhang, G Su… - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
The relationships among rainfall, runoff, and sediment delivery are significant in predicting
soil erosion and in evaluating the benefits of watershed management practices (WMP) on …

Effects of vegetation spatial pattern on erosion and sediment particle sorting in the loess convex hillslope

Y Su, Y Zhang, H Wang, T Zhang - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
To address the problem of serious soil erosion on the Loess Plateau, under the conditions of
limited vegetation measures, the runoff erosion characteristics and erosion sediment sorting …

Trends of streamflow, sediment load and their dynamic relation for the catchments in the middle reaches of the Yellow River over the past five decades

ZL Gao, YL Fu, YH Li, JX Liu, N Chen… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2012 - hess.copernicus.org
To control severe soil erosion on the Loess Plateau, China, a great number of soil
conservation measures have been implemented since 1950s and subsequently, the" Grain …