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Watershed Planning within a Quantitative Scenario Analysis Framework
Published on: July 24, 2016
[Characteristics of non-point source pollution in Tiaoxi watershed and related affecting factors]
Jing-liang Jin1, Fei-er Wang, Lu-ying Dai
1College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310012, China. jinjingliang@zju.edu.cn
Abstract:
By using soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model, this paper simulated the surface runoff intensity and the export loadings of sediment particulates and nutrients via non-point source hydrological pathway in Tiaoxi watershed, and integrated with the simulation results, analyzed the temporal and spatial distribution characteristics of non-point source pollution in the watershed in 2008. In the study area, the per unit area non-point source pollution was stronger in northern region than in southern region and in eastern region than in western region, and the weakest in central region. Among the land utilization types, farmland had the biggest contribution to the sediment loading. There were significantly positive correlations between the loadings of surface runoff and associated sediment particulates and the rainfall intensity. The export loadings of nutrients through surface runoff were higher in rainy season (from June to September) than in dry season (from December to next March), and there existed significant correlations between the surface runoff loadings of sediment particulates, organic nitrogen, and nitrate and the average gradient of lands.
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