Modeling the effects of land-use change on runoff generation in the upper Huaihe River basin, China

Author

Li, Mi ; Li, Qiongfang ; Cai, Tao ; Li, Pengcheng ; Zou, Zhenhua

Author_Institution

State Kay Lab. of Hydrol.-Water Resources & Hydraulic Eng., Hohai Univ., Nanjing, China

fYear

2012

fDate

19-21 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was applied to the upper Huaihe River basin above the Xixian hydrological controlling station for the purpose of modeling the effects of land-use change on runoff generation by using two-phase (1980s and 1990s) land-use maps, soil type map (1:200000), 1980-1999 daily time series of rainfall from the upper Huaihe River basin. The results obtained suggest that under the similar condition of rainfall, soil texture and terrain slope, the advantage for runoff generation descend with farmland, paddy field, woodland. The outputs could provide important references for Sustainable Utilization of Water Resources and river health protection in the upper stream of Huaihe River.

Keywords

rain; rivers; soil; vegetation; vegetation mapping; China; SWAT model; Xixian hydrological controlling station; farmland; land-use change effects; land-use maps; paddy field; rainfall condition; rainfall daily time series; runoff generation; soil assessment tool; soil texture; terrain slope; upper Huaihe river basin; water assessment tool; water resource sustainable utilization; woodland; Calibration; Educational institutions; Graphical models; Hydrology; Rivers; Soil; Water resources; SWAT model; land-use change; runoff generation; upper stream of Huaihe River;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geomatics for Integrated Water Resources Management (GIWRM), 2012 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Lanzhou, Gansu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1283-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GIWRM.2012.6349642

Filename

6349642