Articles | Volume 383
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-383-341-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-383-341-2020
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16 Sep 2020
Post-conference publication |  | 16 Sep 2020

Impacts of dam construction on river channel evolution: a case of Minjiang River in Southeastern China

Ying Yao, Wei Cui, Wen Wang, Fu-Min Ma, and Ben-Yue Chen

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The Minjiang River is the largest river in Fujian Province. In 1993, the Shuikou Reservoir, which has an effective storage capacity of 700 million m3, was built at about 161 km above the estuary. The completion of the Shuikou Dam trapped most of the upstream sediment in the reservoir area, resulting in a drastic decrease in sediment in the lower reaches of the Minjiang River.