Simulation of dissolved nitrogen pollution in Xiaojiang river basin of Three Gorges reservoir
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Abstract:
XiaoJiang River is the largest tributary on the north of the middle part in Three Gorges reservoir area, because of predominant hilly cropland with purple soil, the dissolved nitrogen from surface and subsurface runoff caused by raining accounts for most part of the nitrogen pollution in water. This paper develops the annual pollution models based on the characteristics of topography and soil, etc., of the basin in order to study dissolved nitrogen pollution, and introduces a Semidistributed Land Usebased Runoff Processes (SLURP) hydrological model into the surface and subsurface runoff simulation which is an important part of nonpoint source pollution modeling. Integrated with the geography information system technology, the annual temporalspatial distribution of the dissolved nitrogen in the basin is simulated and the load at the watershed outlet is estimated from 2000 to 2007. The results show that the load from cropland is up to 68.3~76.8of the total load, in which over 85 from croplands and then rural settlement is 23.2~31.7.
