2012
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9345
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Impact of large‐scale reservoir operation on flow regime in the Chao Phraya River basin, Thailand

Abstract: The Chao Phraya River basin, the largest basin in Thailand, is located in the centre of the northern part of the country. This basin has two large-scale reservoirs: the Bhumibol Reservoir on the Ping River and the Sirikit Reservoir on the Nan River. A comparison of the annual and monthly flow regimes downstream from the reservoirs before and after reservoir development showed a constant increase in low flow and a drastic decrease in high flow. The spectrum of the daily discharge was analysed using the fast Fou… Show more

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“…Rapidly increasing agricultural land had great effect on run‐off change and thus cannot be neglected in the basin. This was similar with the Chao Phraya River, in which large amounts of irrigation water had changed the annual variability of natural run‐off (Tebakari, Yoshitani, & Suvanpimol, ). Glacial meltwater increased at least 75.2 × 10 8 m 3 during 1960–2003, representing 1.2% of mean annual run‐off at the Bahadurabad station.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 68%
“…Rapidly increasing agricultural land had great effect on run‐off change and thus cannot be neglected in the basin. This was similar with the Chao Phraya River, in which large amounts of irrigation water had changed the annual variability of natural run‐off (Tebakari, Yoshitani, & Suvanpimol, ). Glacial meltwater increased at least 75.2 × 10 8 m 3 during 1960–2003, representing 1.2% of mean annual run‐off at the Bahadurabad station.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 68%
“…[] ascribed the 2011 Thai flood to heavy rainfalls which are not yet attributable to climate change; they stressed the importance of nonmeteorological factors such as reservoir management in setting the scale of the disaster. Other studies in the past also suggest that the two largest reservoirs in the basin, Bhumibol and Sirikit, significantly affect the hydrologic regime in the Chao Phraya River Basin [ Tebakari et al ., ; Komori et al ., ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…The increase in water demand for production and daily life has motivated humans to construct numerous water control systems, including dams and reservoirs (Moore et al, 2012;Tebakari et al, 2012). Despite their value for water mediation, water control systems can negatively affect ecosystems (Wei et al, 2007;Costa and Soares, 2012).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%