Abstract: The water and sediment supply to the lower reach and estuary of the Yellow (Huanghe) River have been altered to a very significant degree by the construction of numerous small to large reservoirs and the progressive implementation of water and soil conservation measures across the entire drainage basin since the late 1950s, followed by a basin-scale water regulation program since 2002. There is an urgent need to know how progradation of the Yellow River delta (YRD), an area on which people live and farm, has continued and will continue to respo...
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