Inter-catchment comparison of flow regime between the Hailiutu and Huangfuchuan rivers in the semi-arid Erdos Plateau, Northwest China

Zhou, Yangxiao; Yang, Zhi; Zhang, Danrong; Jin, Xin; Zhang, Jun

doi:10.1080/02626667.2014.892208

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“…It is possible that the streamflow was disturbed by the regulation of water for irrigation on these diversions with small overflow dams. The decrease in the (CV Q /CV P ) value from 4.72 % in 1988-1977 to 0.72 % in 1998-2010 may be caused by the control of the river water use under some government policies to prevent desertification (Yang et al, 2012;Zhou et al, 2015). The following decrease in the (E LD /P ) value from 5.…”

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“…For the hydrogeological conditions, this study assumed that the boundary of a catchment determined along the terrain divides is also the boundary of groundwater flow; i.e., no inter-basin transfer of groundwater exists. The assumption is plausibly acceptable in the eastern part of the Erdos Plateau because the spatial variation in the groundwater level is highly correlated with the land surface elevation in this area (Lv et al 2013;Zhou et al, 2015). However, the groundwater flow system in the western part of the Erdos Plateau is more complex, where the climate is more arid and water table divides could be significantly different from the terrain divides.…”

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Shift of annual water balance in the Budyko space for catchments with groundwater-dependent evapotranspiration

Wang

Zhou

2016

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. The Budyko framework represents the general relationship between the evapotranspiration ratio (F ) and the aridity index (ϕ) for the mean annual steady-state water balance at the catchment scale. It is interesting to investigate whether this standard F − ϕ space can also be applied to capture the shift of annual water balance in catchments with varying dryness. Previous studies have made significant progress in incorporating the storage effect into the Budyko framework for the non-steady conditions, whereas the role of groundwater-dependent evapotranspiration was not investigated. This study investigates how groundwater-dependent evapotranspiration causes the shift of the annual water balance in the standard Budyko space. A widely used monthly hydrological model, the ABCD model, is modified to incorporate groundwater-dependent evapotranspiration into the zone with a shallow water table and delayed groundwater recharge into the zone with a deep water table. This model is applied in six catchments in the Erdos Plateau, China, to estimate the actual annual evapotranspiration. Results show that the variations in the annual F value with the aridity index do not satisfy the standard Budyko formulas. The shift of the annual water balance in the standard Budyko space is a combination of the Budyko-type response in the deep groundwater zone and the quasi-energy limited condition in the shallow groundwater zone. Excess evapotranspiration (F > 1) could occur in dry years, which is contributed by the significant supply of groundwater for evapotranspiration. Use of groundwater for irrigation can increase the frequency of the F > 1 cases.

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Shift of annual water balance in the Budyko space for catchments with groundwater-dependent evapotranspiration

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Zhou

2016

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“…Zhang et al [6] indicated that there is evidence of precipitation decline in the middle portion of the Yellow River basin, particularly in the Loess Plateau. The Huangfuchuan watershed is one of the most important source areas in the middle reach of the Yellow River [8,10]. Studies by Sui et al [11] observed that long-term precipitation depth in the Huangfuchuan watershed had a decreasing trend.…”

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Rainfall Variability in the Huangfuchuang Watershed and Its Relationship with ENSO

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Abstract:The impact of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon within the Huangfuchuan watershed, one of the major first-order sub-basins in the middle region of the Yellow River, has not clearly been established. Consequently, the co-varying relationships between rainfall and El Niño/La Niña spanning the period 1954 to 2010 are investigated. Trends and step changes in annual rainfall are investigated with the Mann-Kendall and the distribution free cumulative sum (CUSUM) tests. Wavelet transforms are employed to perform spectral analysis of temporal variations in rainfall rates within the watershed. Cross wavelet and wavelet coherence transforms are used to study localized co-varying relationships between rainfall and ENSO index. Results from statistical tests indicate that rainfall in the Huangfuchuan watershed is declining, although not significantly. In addition, wavelet coherency and cross wavelet analysis, and comparison of the extracted dominant annual rainfall and 2-7 year ENSO signals demonstrate that ENSO events impact Huangfuchuan rainfall with El Niño corresponding to rainfall decline and La Niña to rainfall increment with a semiannual to annual lag. OPEN ACCESSWater 2015, 7 3244

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“…However, saturation excess runoff may occur in instances such as during the rainy period in valley bottoms [10,11], or on soils of high infiltration capacity but low storage capacity [12]. [20,21]. The Hailiutu River is one of the divisions of the Wuding River, which is the key tributary of the middle Yellow River and has a catchment surface elevation ranging from 1020m in the southeast to 1480m above mean sea level in the northwest [21].…”

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“…The catchment's geomorphology is made up of undulant sand dunes, stumpy hills at the northerly and western water boundary, and one principal river valley in the downstream, moderately flat area. The stream network is limited to one main river and one branch in the Hailiutu catchment [20]. The watershed is characterized by a temperate, semi-arid, monsoon climate where the majority of the precipitation takes place in the summer (June to September).…”

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Hydrological Modeling in A Semi-Arid Region Using HEC-HMS

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Zhang²,

Baddoo³

2016

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Abstract-In this study, the Hydrologic Engineering Centre's Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) model was employed to simulate runoff in the semi-arid region of northwestern China, specifically the Hailiutu watershed. The Hydrologic Engineering Centre's Geospatial Hydrologic Modeling Extension (HEC-GeoHMS) was used in conjunction with ArcHydro tools in an ArcMap geographical information system (GIS) environment to create input files of the catchment physical characteristics for the HMS model. The model was calibrated for the time period of 1978-1992. The results showed that the model systematically underestimated winter and spring hydrographs as well as a few summer flows. This was due to the discrepancy between the nonlinear rainfall-runoff response in the watershed and the linear structure of the Soil Moisture Accounting (SMA) model used. Also, the results pointed out that, due to data unavailability on hydraulic engineering in the Hailiutu watershed, the model faced challenges in simulating runoff properly and therefore could not be validated. Ultimately, the model's general performance in simulating runoff in the Hailiutu watershed was found unsatisfactory.

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Inter-catchment comparison of flow regime between the Hailiutu and Huangfuchuan rivers in the semi-arid Erdos Plateau, Northwest China

Cited by 10 publications

References 35 publications

Shift of annual water balance in the Budyko space for catchments with groundwater-dependent evapotranspiration

Shift of annual water balance in the Budyko space for catchments with groundwater-dependent evapotranspiration

Rainfall Variability in the Huangfuchuang Watershed and Its Relationship with ENSO

Hydrological Modeling in A Semi-Arid Region Using HEC-HMS

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