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Hydrological Processes and Environmental-Ecological Impact in the Yellow River Basin

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 5706

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Limin Duan

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Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering College, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Huhhot 010018, China
Interests: hydrology and water resources; ecohydrology; catchment hydrology
Prof. Dr. Ruihong Yu

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School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Huhhot 010018, China
Interests: hydrology and water resources; limnology; environment science
Dr. Yinglan A

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Department of Water Resources, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China
Interests: hydrology and water resources; eco-hydrology
Dr. Yu Gong

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State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Interests: hydrology and water resources; hybrid system operation
Prof. Dr. Guoqiang Wang

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Faculty of Geographical of Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100091, China
Interests: hydrology and water resources; big data analysis technology; watershed eco-hydrology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Understanding hydrological processes and their environmental–ecological impact is essential to comprehending land use changes. Nonetheless, hydrological processes and their environmental–ecological impact have not often been fore-fronted in more recent land use change studies, and understandings of water environment governance and water ecological restoration, especially at the lake wetlands or watershed scale, have not always been linked to regional patterns of land use change. Calls to seek complementarities between the approaches, methods, and frameworks found within land change science and hydrological processes demonstrate, in part, a desire to highlight the role of changing river basins in changing land systems.

For this Special Issue, we are interested in contributions which are related to hydrological processes and changing land uses in the Yellow River Basin, through either theoretical analyses or experiments, examining any key processes, including but not limited to:  

  • Hydrological cycle and response mechanism under changing environment;
  • Simulation and regulation of water resources;
  • Evolution of watershed landscape pattern;
  • Eco-hydrological processes and environmental effects;
  • Groundwater resources and environment changes;
  • Water environment governance and ecological restoration.

Contributions at the intersection of land change science and hydrological processes are notably accepted, but contributions from other water resources fields are also highly welcome. Water environment governance and watershed landscape patterns in contributions are also desired.

Proposed titles and abstracts (250 words) can be submitted by November 30, 2022 to the Guest Editors, and can be sent dlm@imau.edu.cn for feedback.

Article publication fees of quality submissions could have a chance to be waived.

Dr. Limin Duan
Prof. Dr. Ruihong Yu
Dr. Yinglan A
Dr. Yu Gong
Prof. Dr. Guoqiang Wang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • ecohydrology
  • hydrological processes
  • environmental-ecological impact
  • water resources management
  • water environment governance

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Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Landscape Ecological Risk and Associated Drivers: A Case Study of the Yellow River Basin in Inner Mongolia
by Hengrui Zhang, Jianing Zhang, Zhuozhuo Lv, Linjie Yao, Ning Zhang and Qing Zhang
Land 2023, 12(6), 1114; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061114 - 23 May 2023
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The Yellow River Basin in Inner Mongolia (YRBIM) has witnessed major changes in land use/land cover (LULC), which have had an impact on the basin’s ecosystem, in the context of fast economic development and urbanization. This study set out to investigate the ecological [...] Read more.
The Yellow River Basin in Inner Mongolia (YRBIM) has witnessed major changes in land use/land cover (LULC), which have had an impact on the basin’s ecosystem, in the context of fast economic development and urbanization. This study set out to investigate the ecological risk and key driving forces in the basin as LULC evolves. In order to evaluate the ecological risk of the basin and use a geographic detector model to understand the causes of its spatial heterogeneity, we built a landscape ecological risk index (ERI) model based on changes in LULC from 1990 to 2020. The findings indicate that between 1990 and 2020, LULC modifications led to the transfer of several land types to a small number of land types, all of which have since changed into other land types. With high risk areas primarily located in the Hobq Desert, the Hetao irrigation area, and some portions of the Mu Us Sandy Land, the ecological risk level in the basin is gradually decreasing. Human activities are the main cause of the regional variation of ecological risk in the basin, with topography and climate coming in second and third. The Yellow River Basin’s ecological danger and environmental quality have only received a limited amount of analysis to date. This study is a crucial resource for the development of civilization and ecological restoration in the region. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hydrological Processes and Environmental-Ecological Impact in the Yellow River Basin)
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Soil Quality Assessment of Several Kinds of Typical Artificial Forestlands in the Inner Mongolia Basin of the Yellow River
by Jiazheng Zhu, Zhenqi Yang, Fucang Qin, Jianying Guo, Tiegang Zhang and Ping Miao
Land 2023, 12(5), 1024; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051024 - 06 May 2023
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Located in the middle and upper parts of the Yellow River Basin, Qingshuihe County, Inner Mongolia, is a typical hilly and gully loess region and one of areas under the implementation of major ecological protection and restoration projects in the key ecological areas [...] Read more.
Located in the middle and upper parts of the Yellow River Basin, Qingshuihe County, Inner Mongolia, is a typical hilly and gully loess region and one of areas under the implementation of major ecological protection and restoration projects in the key ecological areas of Yellow River. Scientifically and accurately constructing a soil quality evaluation system for different types of artificial forest land and evaluating their soil quality are essential because they help optimize the structure of artificial forest land and improve the soil quality in the loess hilly area of Yellow River Basin. In this study, soil from four representative types of artificial forest land in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River Basin in Inner Mongolia was selected as the study object, with natural non-forest land as the control. Sixteen soil property indices in five classes, namely, soil texture, acid–base properties, moisture, pore, and nutrient, were screened using correlation analysis, minimum dataset (MDS), and principal component analysis methods, and an MDS of soil quality evaluation was constructed. Results showed that (1) the evaluation indices of artificial forest land soil quality based on the MDS included total potassium content, total phosphorus content, alkali-hydrolyzed nitrogen content, total nitrogen content, sand content, moisture content, and non-capillary porosity. (2) No significant differences were observed in the soil quality index among the MDS, total dataset, and significant dataset (SDS), all of which exhibited significant positive correlations. (3) The soil quality of the different types of forest land was sorted from high to low as follows: mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests, larch forests, mixed arbor and shrub forests, Armeniaca sibirica forests, and natural non-forest land. Full article
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Spatiotemporal Evolution of Soil Erosion and Its Driving Mechanism in the Mongolian Section of the Yellow River Basin
by Tian Tian, Zhenqi Yang, Jianying Guo, Tiegang Zhang, Ziwei Wang and Ping Miao
Land 2023, 12(4), 801; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040801 - 31 Mar 2023
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Soil erosion is a popular environmental issue that threatens sustainability. Influenced by multiple factors, such as climate, soil, and terrain, Baotou City, which is in the Bohai Sea Economic Circle and the Economic Belt along the Yellow River, has a severe ecological environment. [...] Read more.
Soil erosion is a popular environmental issue that threatens sustainability. Influenced by multiple factors, such as climate, soil, and terrain, Baotou City, which is in the Bohai Sea Economic Circle and the Economic Belt along the Yellow River, has a severe ecological environment. In this study, revised soil and soil wind erosion equations were used to evaluate the soil erosion dynamics in Baotou City, and the potential driving factors of soil erosion were further investigated. Results showed that from 1990 to 2020, the water erosion modulus in Baotou City increased first, decreased, and then increased, with great fluctuations in annual changes. The wind erosion modulus decreased continuously, with a small fluctuation in annual changes. Water erosion in 2020 was more severe, with 4840.5 km2 added to the desert steppe and 1300.5 km2 reduced in the Yellow River Basin. The extent of wind erosion was significantly reduced, and the phenomenon of wind erosion improved. Meteorological factors are the primary factors that influence soil water erosion and soil wind erosion. Meanwhile, adverse climate changes can alter physical and chemical soil properties and vegetation coverage, thereby indirectly influencing soil erosion. With the implementation of the Beijing–Tianjin sandstorm source control, the farmland return to forest project, the ecological restoration and protection project at the southern and northern foothills of Daqingshan Mountains, grazing prohibition, and rotation grazing—including grassland awards, subsidies, and other policies and systems during this period—the overall deteriorating trend of the grassland ecological environment in Baotou was contained, grassland ecological system functions were improved, wind and sand erosion was prevented, biodiversity was maintained, and the ecological service functions of soil and water conservation were guaranteed. Full article
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Assessment of Soil Erosion from an Ungauged Small Watershed and Its Effect on Lake Ulansuhai, China
by Zhuangzhuang Zhang and Ruihong Yu
Land 2023, 12(2), 440; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020440 - 08 Feb 2023
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Lake Ulansuhai, one of the main water sources for semi-arid areas of China, has a local deposit caused by soil erosion during past decades. However, a lack of monitor stations prevents better estimation of soil erosion levels. Therefore, we try to estimate soil [...] Read more.
Lake Ulansuhai, one of the main water sources for semi-arid areas of China, has a local deposit caused by soil erosion during past decades. However, a lack of monitor stations prevents better estimation of soil erosion levels. Therefore, we try to estimate soil erosion in the Huangtuyaozi (HTYZ) watershed, an ungauged small watershed of the lake’s eastern watershed, by using the revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE) model and multi-source remote sensing data, and analyze its key drivers and effect on the lake siltation. The result showed that the soil erosion rate in the HTYZ watershed ranged from 0 to 129.893 t ha−1 yr−1 with an average of 6.45 t ha−1 yr−1 during 1986–2015. In particular, 80.06% of the area was less than 10 t ha−1 yr−1, and just 0.06% was over 50 t ha−1 yr−1, mainly in the mountain area, the southern part of the HTYZ watershed. Moreover, rainfall erosivity factor is the key factor, and rainfall during flood season plays a key role in soil erosion. Due to the soil erosion of HTYZ, siltation in Lake Ulansuhai reached 223.83 ha, with the annual siltation area increasing at a rate of 7.46 ha/yr. The results could provide a reference for estimating soil erosion of ungauged small watershed in semi-arid areas. Full article
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