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Poyang and Dongting Lakes, Yangtze River: tributary lakes blocked by main-stem aggradation
During its 6,300-km course from the Tibetan Plateau to the ocean, the Yangtze River is joined by two large lakes: Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake. We explain why these lakes exist. Deglaciation forced the ocean adjacent to the Yangtze mouth to rise ∼120 m. This forced a wave of rising water surface el...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9335185/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35858402 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101384119 |