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Arid Land Geography ›› 2024, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (1): 15-27.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2023.353

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Evolution law and causes of floods in the four sources streams of Tarim River

WU Xiaodan1,2(),LUO Min1,2(),MENG Fanhao1,2,SA Chula1,2,DONG Jinyi1,2,LIU Tie3   

  1. 1. College of Geographical Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, Inner Mongolia, China
    2. Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing & Geography Information System, Hohhot 010022, Inner Mongolia, China
    3. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, China
  • Received:2023-07-11 Revised:2023-09-12 Online:2024-01-25 Published:2024-01-26

Abstract:

Based on temperature, precipitation, and snow depth data from five hydrological stations in four sources of the Tarim River Basin of Xinjiang, China, from 1981 to 2020, flood magnitude, frequency, and peak time were analyzed using maximum and peak-over-threshold (POT) sampling methods. Moreover, correlation analysis was performed to reveal the relationship between different flood indicators and influencing factors and identify key influencing factors. The results show the following: (1) From 1981 to 2020, the peak discharge of each hydrological station in “four sources” of the Tarim River Basin is as follows: Kaqung>Xehera>Tongguzlok>Sharikilank>Daschankou. The annual and seasonal flood peak discharge generally exhibited an increasing trend, and the occurrence time of the flood peak in winter exhibited an earlier state, among which the average annual advance of Sharikilank was 2.61 days, whereas that of the Kaqung station was only 0.67 days. (2) There were two periods of high flooding in the Tarim River Basin, namely, 1994—2002 and 2006—2011, with several flood occurrences in the Tarim River Basin after 1990. (3) The minimum temperature, precipitation, and snow depth at different times before the floods mainly exhibited an increasing trend, while the maximum temperature mainly exhibited a decrease. The highest correlation was found between spring flood indicators and maximum 3-day precipitation, whereas the highest correlation was found between autumn flood indicators and maximum 7-day precipitation. The correlation between multi-day precipitation and flood indicators was higher than that between single-day precipitation and flood indicators. Among the snow depth-related factors, the maximum 15-day snow depth had the highest correlation with spring flood indicators at each station. These findings provide a theoretical basis for regional water resource management and flood disaster prediction.

Key words: flood, recurrence period, POT sampling, four sources streams of Tarim River