Impact of lake water level decline on river evolution in Ebinur Lake Basin (an ungauged terminal lake basin)

Wang, Juan1,2; Yang, Shengtian3,4; Lou, Hezhen3,4; Liu, Huiping1,5; Wang, Pengfei3,6; Li, Chaojun3; Zhang, Fei7

2021-12-15

10.1016/j.jag.2021.102546

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION   影响因子和分区

1569-8432

1872-826X

Most of the terminal lakes in inland basins, which account for half of the world's lake reserves, have been shrinking at an alarming rate in recent years. In a Terminal Lake Basin, changes in the water level of the lake can lead to variations in the local erosion base level. From the perspective of local erosion base level, we revealed the response of river evolution to change in the water level of lake in Ebinur Lake Basin for the past 5000 years. Our results verified the three geomorphic development stages of natural decline, balance maintenance, and imbalanced decline. In modern times, the decline in the number of rivers entering the lake due to human activities has made the water level of the lake drop 15-30 times that observed from 5 kaBP-0.1 kaBP. The results showed that the average undercut erosion rate of the river entering the lake tends to increase with a rapid decrease in the water level of the lake in the past 5000 years. The instantaneous undercutting rate of the Bortala river section in the basin was 1.6-4.2 times that observed from 5 kaBP-0.1 kaBP. This result showed that a rapid decline in the water level of the lake due to human activities will accelerate the erosion of rivers. Therefore, from the perspective of geomorphology, the river erosion triggered by the rapid decline in the local erosion base level is an important reason for the continuous shrinkage of Ebinur Lake.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China[U1603241]

Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing

WOS:000704651700003

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1.Beijing Normal Univ, Fac Geog Sci, Sch Geog, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
2.Pearl River Water Resources Commiss Minist Water, Soil & Water Conservat Monitoring Ctr Pearl River, Guangzhou 510611, Peoples R China
3.Beijing Normal Univ, Coll Water Sci, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
4.Beijing Key Lab Urban Hydrol Cycle & Sponge City, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
5.Beijing Normal Univ, Beijing Key Lab Environm Remote Sensing & Digital, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
6.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Environm Sci & Engineer, Shengzheng 518000, Peoples R China
7.Xinjiang Univ, Inst Resources & Environm Sci, Urumqi 830046, Peoples R China

Wang, Juan,Yang, Shengtian,Lou, Hezhen,et al. Impact of lake water level decline on river evolution in Ebinur Lake Basin (an ungauged terminal lake basin)[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION,2021,104.

Wang, Juan.,Yang, Shengtian.,Lou, Hezhen.,Liu, Huiping.,Wang, Pengfei.,...&Zhang, Fei.(2021).Impact of lake water level decline on river evolution in Ebinur Lake Basin (an ungauged terminal lake basin).INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION,104.

Wang, Juan,et al."Impact of lake water level decline on river evolution in Ebinur Lake Basin (an ungauged terminal lake basin)".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION 104(2021).