Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 30, issue 17
Articles | Volume 30, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-5473-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-5473-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 30, issue 17
Research article
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01 Sep 2026
Research article |  | 01 Sep 2026

Impacts of cascading check dams on sediment yield in the Middle Yellow River Basin: insights from 50 years of grid-cell-level simulation

Yanzhang Huang, Guangyao Gao, Lishan Ran, Yue Wang, and Mingguo Zheng

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This study developed an integrative model combining sediment trapping of check dam networks with the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation, index of connectivity, and sediment delivery ratio to reconstruct grid-scale sediment yield across the middle Yellow River Basin (1970–2020). The proposed model achieved about 20 % increase of simulation accuracy compared to ignoring check dam trapping. The sediment reduction contribution by check dams was quantified and controlling factors were detected.
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