Impact of the Three Gorges Dam on Poyang Hu Lake

DOI

10.2991/icesed-19.2020.20How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Three Gorges Dam; Poyang Lake; Yangtze River; Water Discharge; Water Level.

Abstract

Lakes are the crucial features of the global ecosystem, although they contribute a tiny segment of the ground surface. Due to environmental impact and global climate change, these surface water carrying systems face surviving challenges and become fragile. The Three Gorges Dam is one of the world's largest power generating dam situated in China. In this study, the effect of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, the biggest freshwater lake in China, will be investigated. The influence of dam over the water discharge and water level of the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake will be determined. The impacts of these changes into those two hydrological entities will be examined, and the consequent environmental and societal effects will be discussed. The historical data will be analyzed to demonstrate the impact.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yahao Liu
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TI  - Impact of the Three Gorges Dam on Poyang Hu Lake
BT  - Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Education Science and Economic Development (ICESED 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 312
EP  - 316
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icesed-19.2020.20
DO  - 10.2991/icesed-19.2020.20
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