Journal article
Discharge and suspended sediment transport in the Ayeyarwady River, Myanmar: Centennial and decadal changes
Hydrological Processes, Vol.23(11), pp.1631-1641
2009
Abstract
Among the large rivers rising on the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent high mountains, the discharge and suspended sediment load of the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River are the least well known. Data collected between 1969 and 1996 at Pyay (Prome) are analysed to provide the best available modern estimate of discharge (379±47 × 109 m3/year) and suspended sediment load (325±57 × 106 t/year) for the river upstream of the delta head. A statistical comparison with data collected in the nineteenth century (1871 to 1879) shows discharge has significantly decreased in the last ∼100 years. Regression and correlation analyses between discharge in the modern period and indices of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) show a relationship. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Title
- Discharge and suspended sediment transport in the Ayeyarwady River, Myanmar: Centennial and decadal changes
- Authors
- Takahisa Furuichi (Author) - Australian National UniversityZ Win (Author) - Irrigation Department, MyanmarR J Wasson (Author) - Charles Darwin University
- Publication details
- Hydrological Processes, Vol.23(11), pp.1631-1641
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Date published
- 2009
- DOI
- 10.1002/hyp.7295
- ISSN
- 0885-6087
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449827602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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