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Title: Assessing the impacts of land cover and climate on runoff and sediment yield of a river basin

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2020

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ISSN: 0262-6667

DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2020.1791336

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Abstract: This study investigated the impacts of changes in land cover and climate on runoff and sediment yield in a river basin in India. Land Change Modeler was used to derive the future land cover and its changes using the Sankey diagram approach. The future climatic parameters were derived from five general circulation models for two emission scenarios with representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5. The land cover and climate change impacts on runoff and sediment yield were estimated using SWAT model. The results show important changes in land cover and indicate that urban and agricultural areas strongly influence the runoff and sediment yield. Among the land cover and climate change impacts, climate has more predominant (70%–95%) impact. Runoff and sediment yield are likely to decrease in both RCP scenarios in the future period. The impacts of land cover changes are more prominent on sediment yield than runoff.

Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02626667.2020.1791336

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Authors: Sinha, Rakesh Kumar; Eldho, T. I.; Subimal, Ghosh

Periodical (Full): Hydrological Sciences Journal

Issue: 12

Volume: 65

Pages: 2097-2115

Data Collections: IPUMS Terra

Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization, Natural Resource Management

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