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

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

doi:10.5194/hess-30-5473-2026

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01 Sep 2026

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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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