Linkage between Three Gorges Dam impacts and the dramatic recessions in China’s largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake

Mei, Xuefei; Dai, Zhicong; Du, Jiabi; Chen, Jiyu

doi:10.1038/srep18197

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“…The mutiple forces by precipitation, inflow, the air temperature and evaporation resulted in a decline in water levels in Lake Superior in North America at the rate of approximately 1.0 cm per year [31]. The water level variation of Poyang Lake in China may be a combination effect by the operation of TGR [64], serious sand mining and waterway regulation [65]; The precipitation in the Huai River basin decreased since the mid-1960s, while the WLM increased significantly. WLM of Hongze Lake has been changed more and more by anthropogenic activities (especially hydraulic engineering) from 1950s [29].…”

Section: Further Evaluation On the Hydrological Variation Linked To Amentioning

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Analysis of Long-Term Water Level Variation in Dongting Lake, China

Han

Zhang

Huang

et al. 2016

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Abstract:The water level of Dongting Lake has changed because of the combined impact of climatic change and anthropogenic activities. A study of the long-term statistical properties of water level variations at Chenglingji station will help with the management of water resources in Dongting Lake. In this case, 54 years of water level data for Dongting Lake were analyzed with the non-parametric Mann-Kendall trend test, Sen's slope test, and the Pettitt test. The results showed the following: (1) Trends in annual maximum lake water level (WLM), annual mean lake water level (WL), and annual minimum lake water level (WLm) increased from 1961 to 2014; however, the three variables showed different trends from 1981 to 2014; (2) The annual change trends in Dongting Lake between 1961-2014 and 1981-2014 were found to be from approximately 0.90 cm/year to´2.27 cm/year, 1.65 cm/year to´0.79 cm/year, and 4.58 cm/year to 2.56 cm/year for WLM, WL, and WLm, respectively; (3) A greater degree of increase in water level during the dry season (November-April) was found from 2003 to 2014 than from 1981 to 2002, but a smaller degree of increase, even to the point of decreasing, was found during the wet season (May-October); (4) The measured discharge data and numerical modeling results showed the operation of Three Gorge Reservoir (TGR) pushed to influence partly the recent inter-annual variation of water level in Dongting Lake region, especially in the flood and dry seasons. The analysis indicated that the water level of Dongting Lake has changed in the long term with decreasing of range between WLM and WLm, and may decrease the probability of future drought and flood events. These results can provide useful information for the management of Dongting Lake.

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Section: Further Evaluation On the Hydrological Variation Linked To Amentioning

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Analysis of Long-Term Water Level Variation in Dongting Lake, China

Han

Zhang

Huang

et al. 2016

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“…The anthropogenic activities mainly include dam and reservoir construction, water withdraw, land use, and land cover changes, along with sand extraction from river and lake beds. Mei et al argued that the average contributions of precipitation variation, human activities in the Poyang Lake catchment, and the Three Gorges Reservoir regulation to the Poyang Lake recession can be quantified as 39.1%, 4.6% and 56.3%, respectively [31]. Zhang et al found that human-induced and climate-induced influences on streamflows are different in the five Poyang Lake sub-basins.…”

Section: Discussion On Temporal Changes In Streamflow and Water Levelmentioning

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Investigation into Multi-Temporal Scale Complexity of Streamflows and Water Levels in the Poyang Lake Basin, China

Feng

Chunyu

Wang

et al. 2017

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Abstract:The streamflow and water level complexity of the Poyang Lake basin has been investigated over multiple time-scales using daily observations of the water level and streamflow spanning from 1954 through 2013. The composite multiscale sample entropy was applied to measure the complexity and the Mann-Kendall algorithm was applied to detect the temporal changes in the complexity. The results show that the streamflow and water level complexity increases as the time-scale increases. The sample entropy of the streamflow increases when the time-scale increases from a daily to a seasonal scale, also the sample entropy of the water level increases when the time-scale increases from a daily to a monthly scale. The water outflows of Poyang Lake, which is impacted mainly by the inflow processes, lake regulation, and the streamflow processes of the Yangtze River, is more complex than the water inflows. The streamflow and water level complexity over most of the time-scales, between the daily and monthly scales, is dominated by the increasing trend. This indicates the enhanced randomness, disorderliness, and irregularity of the streamflows and water levels. This investigation can help provide a better understanding to the hydrological features of large freshwater lakes. Ongoing research will be made to analyze and understand the mechanisms of the streamflow and water level complexity changes within the context of climate change and anthropogenic activities.

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“…Ye et al [65] indicated that the Yangtze River discharge has a greater impact on the annual lake level variation than the lake's catchment inflow and that the advance of the Poyang Lake dry season has been primarily driven by climate change in the Yangtze River Basin since the 1990s and was further aggravated by the Three Gorges Dam in the 2000s. Mei et al [66] quantified the average contributions of the regulation of the Three Gorges Dam, precipitation changes, and human activities in the Poyang Lake Basin to the water level reduction in Poyang Lake as 56.3%, 39.1%, and 4.6%, respectively. In addition to the comprehensive effects of the five rivers, the Yangtze River, and water conservancy projects, there are some other factors that affect the lake's water level.…”

Section: Analysis Of the Driving Forces Of The Poyang Lake Drynessmentioning

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“…In addition, large amounts of sand extraction in Poyang Lake since 2003 have resulted in variations in the lake terrain and caused the outflow channel of the lake to become wider and deeper, thus allowing the lake to drain quickly and reach a lower water level [68]. However, Mei et al [66] argued that the contribution of sand extraction to the reduction of the lake's water level since 2000 may be overestimated. In addition, Ye et al [65] also argued that the specific effects of changes in lake terrain conditions on the lake's water level require further study.…”

Section: Analysis Of the Driving Forces Of The Poyang Lake Drynessmentioning

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Responses of Water Level in China’s Largest Freshwater Lake to the Meteorological Drought Index (SPEI) in the Past Five Decades

Wang

Peng

Liu

et al. 2018

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Abstract:Poyang Lake, which is the largest freshwater lake in China, is an important regional water resource and iconic ecosystem that has experienced a period of continuous low water level in recent years. In this paper, the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) was applied to analyze the temporal variability and spatial distribution characteristics of meteorological drought over the Poyang Lake Basin during 1961-2015. In addition, correlation analysis was used to investigate the response relationship between lake level and meteorological drought in the basin. The main results showed that: (1) The decline of water level in Poyang Lake since 2000 has been dramatic, especially in autumn, when the downward speed reached 11.26 cm/day. (2) The meteorological drought in the Poyang Lake Basin has obvious seasonal characteristics, and drying tendencies in spring and autumn were relatively obvious. Following the 1960s, this basin entered a new drought period in the 2000s. (3) The results of correlation analysis showed that three-and six-month timescales were the optimum times for the lake level to respond to the SPEI in the Poyang Lake Basin. Seasonally, the correlation was best in winter and worst in autumn. Furthermore, the spatial distribution of correlations was: Hukou < Xingzi < Duchang < Wucheng < Tangyin < Kangshan. Overall, the results of this study quantified the response of lake level to meteorological drought in the context of climate change, and they provide a reliable scientific basis for water resource management in similar basins.

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Linkage between Three Gorges Dam impacts and the dramatic recessions in China’s largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake

Cited by 120 publications

References 34 publications

Analysis of Long-Term Water Level Variation in Dongting Lake, China

Analysis of Long-Term Water Level Variation in Dongting Lake, China

Investigation into Multi-Temporal Scale Complexity of Streamflows and Water Levels in the Poyang Lake Basin, China

Responses of Water Level in China’s Largest Freshwater Lake to the Meteorological Drought Index (SPEI) in the Past Five Decades

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