Discharge and suspended sediment transport in the Ayeyarwady River, Myanmar: Centennial and decadal changes

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2009

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Furuichi, Takahisa
Win, Z
Wasson, Robert

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John Wiley & Sons Inc

Abstract

Among the large rivers rising on the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent high mountains, the discharge and suspended sediment load of the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River are the least well known. Data collected between 1969 and 1996 at Pyay (Prome) are analysed to

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Keywords: Ayeyarwady River; Discharge; ENSO; Myanmar; Suspended sediment load; Atmospheric pressure; Nickel compounds; Sediment transport; Sedimentology; Rivers; correlation; El Nino-Southern Oscillation; fluvial deposit; nineteenth century; regression analysis; ri Ayeyarwady River; Discharge; ENSO; Myanmar; Suspended sediment load

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Hydrological Processes

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2037-12-31