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- The study at the Tarim River Basin in Northwest China examined how flooding impacts water quality, focusing on flash floods caused by irregular rainfall.
- Results indicated a relationship between flood volume and flood peak, providing insights for potential flood peak estimation models.
- Using spectroscopy techniques, the research found that floods significantly altered water quality, changing the river's pH from slightly basic (8.1) before flooding to acidic (6.9) afterward.
Article Abstract
This paper presents the results of the study undertaken at the Tarim River Basin in Northwest China to analyze impacts of flooding on water quality. It was shown that irregular rainfall was the cause of flash floods that affected many ecosystems and eroded soils. Simulation results and the existence of relationships between flood volume and flood peak allowed potential model application that included flood peak estimation. The analysis of water pollution through sample sediment was helped by spectroscopy techniques and it was found that the flood was the main cause of many chemical elements in water. The floods affected the quality of water in the Tarim River where it was slightly basic with pH = 8.1 before flooding and acidic with pH = 6.9 after flooding.
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