High‐resolution map** of the world's reservoirs and dams for sustainable river‐flow management

B Lehner, CR Liermann, C Revenga… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the recognized importance of reservoirs and dams, global datasets describing their
characteristics and geographical distribution are largely incomplete. To enable advanced …

Downstream sedimentary and geomorphic impacts of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River

SL Yang, JD Milliman, KH Xu, B Deng, XY Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Although large dams have been constructed and continue to be constructed on many rivers,
the lack of long-term gauging data often makes it difficult to document either reservoir …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial and wavelet analysis of precipitation and river discharge during operation of the Three Gorges Dam, China

L Yin, L Wang, BD Keim, K Konsoer, Z Yin, M Liu… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Three Gorges Dam and Reservoir on the Yangtze River is one of the world's
largest dams. After the dam's construction in 1997, the reservoir started filling up, expanding …

John R. McNeill et Peter Engelke The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History of the Anthropocene since 1945 Cambridge, The Belknap Press of Harvard …

G Quenet - Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales, 2017 - cambridge.org
John McNeill est certainement le meilleur historien spécialiste de l'Anthropocène. Il a
participé dès le départ, aux côtés de Paul Crutzen et de Will Steffen, aux groupes de travail …

Wavelet analysis of dam injection and discharge in three gorges dam and reservoir with precipitation and river discharge

L Yin, L Wang, BD Keim, K Konsoer, W Zheng - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Yangtze River has been the primary support of the resources and transportation of
China. The Three Gorges Dam and Reservoir on the Yangtze River is one of the world's …

50,000 dams later: Erosion of the Yangtze River and its delta

SL Yang, JD Milliman, P Li, K Xu - Global and Planetary Change, 2011 - Elsevier
Using 50years of hydrologic and bathymetric data, we show that construction of~ 50,000
dams throughout the Yangtze River watershed, particularly the 2003 closing of the Three …

[PDF][PDF] Lost in development's shadow: The downstream human consequences of dams

BD Richter, S Postel, C Revenga, T Scudder… - Water …, 2010 - water-alternatives.org
The World Commission on Dams (WCD) report documented a number of social and
environmental problems observed in dam development projects. The WCD gave particular …

Fluvial sediment transfer in the Changjiang (Yangtze) river-estuary depositional system

Z Dai, X Mei, SE Darby, Y Lou, W Li - Journal of Hydrology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the transfer of sediment through river systems is essential for
understanding the physical, chemical and biological processes on the Earth's surface. A …

Impacts of large dams on downstream fluvial sedimentation: An example of the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) on the Changjiang (Yangtze River)

Z Dai, JT Liu - Journal of Hydrology, 2013 - Elsevier
Under the influence of climate and human activities, fluvial systems have natural ability to
make adjustments so that the river hydrology, sediment movement, and channel morphology …

Decline in suspended sediment concentration delivered by the Changjiang (Yangtze) River into the East China Sea between 1956 and 2013

Z Dai, S Fagherazzi, X Mei, J Gao - Geomorphology, 2016 - Elsevier
The temporal evolution of suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in a river debouching
into the ocean provides vital insights into erosion processes in the watershed and dictates …