Evolution characteristics and drivers of the water level at an identical discharge in the Jingjiang reaches of the Yangtze River

Yuanfang CHAI; Yunping YANG; Jinyun DENG; Zhaohua SUN; Yitian LI; Lingling ZHU

doi:10.1007/s11442-020-1804-x

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