Soil Erosion and Sediment-Yield Prediction at Basin Scale in Upstream Watershed of Miyun Reservoir
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 20, Issue 6
Abstract
Appropriate methodologies for predicting erosion and sediment yield at the basin scale are of utmost importance for taking proper measures to reduce reservoir sedimentation and protect water resources. In this study, a new site-specific distributed and objective model, which was designed based on the spatially distributed scoring model (SPADS), was developed for the upstream watershed of the Miyun Reservoir (UWMR) in China. The model describes the relationships between watershed characteristics and sediment yields. The results show that vegetation, lithology, and inverse distance to the river were the main controlling factors of the specific sediment yield variation in the UWMR. On the basis of these results, a site-specific erosion and sediment yield index (ESYI) was established for erosion and sediment yield predictions at the basin scale. The ESYI-based sediment yield prediction accuracy (, relative root ) was found to be significantly lower than that from SPADS. However, because the proposed model is advantageous in terms of its low data requirements, and because it takes into consideration spatially distributed characteristics, comprehensive erosion types (sheet, rill, gully, and bank), and both on-site and off-site erosion effects, it may still be of great use in the UWMR.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41101399). The author would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for providing valuable comments on this work.
References
Baz, I., Geymen, A., and Er, S. N. (2009). “Development and application of GIS-based analysis/synthesis modeling techniques for urban planning of Istanbul metropolitan area.” Adv. Eng. Software, 40(2), 128–140.
de Vente, J., Poesen, J., Verstraeten, G., Van Rompaey, A., and Govers, G. (2008). “Spatially distributed modelling of soil erosion and sediment yield at regional scales in Spain.” Global Planet. Change, 60(3), 393–415.
Editing Committee for Records of Haihe River Basin. (1998). Records of Haihe River Basin, Water Resources & Hydro Power Press of China, Beijing.
Goode, J. R., Luce, C. H., and Buffington, J. M. (2012). “Enhanced sediment delivery in a changing climate in semi-arid mountain basins: Implications for water resource management and aquatic habitat in the northern Rocky mountains.” Geomorphology, 139–140, 1–15.
Haregeweyn, N., et al. (2008). “Sediment yield variability in Northern Ethiopia: A quantitative analysis of its controlling factors.” Catena, 75(1), 65–76.
Haregeweyn, N., et al. (2013). “Reservoir sedimentation and its mitigation strategies: A case study of the Ethiopian highlands.” Proc., Hydro 2013: Water Storage and Hydropower Development for Africa, Hydropower & Dams, Aqua Media International, Wallington, U.K.
Jinfa, L., and Xiuhua, H. (2004). “The relationship between sediment yield and catchment characteristics in the middle Yellow river basin of China.” Sediment transfer through the fluvial system, V. Golosov, V. Belyaev, and D. E. Walling, eds., Vol. 288, IAHS Publication, 212–219.
Liu, X., Xu, Q., Ge, X., Liu, L., and Wu, D. (2005). “Chemical forms of heavy metal contaminants in sediments of Miyun reservoir.” Sci. China Series D (Earth Sci.), 48(S2), 341–350.
Rabus, B., Eineder, M., Roth, A., and Bamler, R. (2003). “The shuttle radar topography mission—A new class of digital elevation models acquired by spaceborne radar.” ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens., 57(4), 241–262.
Renard, K. G., Foster, G. R., Weesies, G. A., and Porter, J. P. (1991). “RUSLE: Revised universal soil loss equation.” J. Soil Water Conserv., 46(1), 30–33.
Safamanesh, R., Sulaiman, W. N. A., and Ramli, M. F. (2006). “Erosion risk assessment using an empirical model of pacific south west inter agency committee method for zargeh watershed, Iran.” J. Spatial Hydrol., 6(2), 105–120.
Shao, J., and Tu, D. (1995). The jackknife and bootstrap, Springer, New York.
Van Oost, K., Govers, G., and Desmet, P. (2000). “Evaluating the effects of changes in landscape structure on soil erosion by water and tillage.” Landscape Ecol., 15(6), 577–589.
Verstraeten, G., Poesen, J., de Vente, J., and Koninckx, X. (2003). “Sediment yield variability in Spain: A quantitative and semiqualitative analysis using reservoir sedimentation rates.” Geomorphology, 50(4), 327–348.
Williams, J. (1990). “The erosion-productivity impact calculator (EPIC) model: A case history.” Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London, Ser. B, 329(1255), 421–428.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 20 • Issue 6 • June 2015
Copyright
© 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Received: Mar 11, 2014
Accepted: Sep 8, 2014
Published online: Oct 17, 2014
Discussion open until: Mar 17, 2015
Published in print: Jun 1, 2015
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.