Datok P., Sauvage S., Fabre Clément, Laraque Alain, Ouillon Sylvain, N'Kaya G. M., Sanchez-Perez J. M. (2021). Sediment balance estimation of the 'Cuvette Centrale' of the Congo River Basin using the SWAT hydrological model. Water, 13 (10), 1388 [31 p.].
Titre du document
Sediment balance estimation of the 'Cuvette Centrale' of the Congo River Basin using the SWAT hydrological model
Année de publication
2021
Auteurs
Datok P., Sauvage S., Fabre Clément, Laraque Alain, Ouillon Sylvain, N'Kaya G. M., Sanchez-Perez J. M.
Source
Water, 2021,
13 (10), 1388 [31 p.]
In this study, the SWAT hydrological model was used to estimate the sediment yields in the principal drainage basins of the Congo River Basin. The model was run for the 2000-2012 period and calibrated using measured values obtained at the basins principal gauging station that controls 98% of the basin area. Sediment yield rates of 4.01, 5.91, 7.88 and 8.68 t km(-2) yr(-1) were estimated for the areas upstream of the Ubangi at Bangui, Sangha at Ouesso, Lualaba at Kisangani, and Kasai at Kuto-Moke, respectively-the first three of which supply the Cuvette Centrale. The loads contributed into the Cuvette Centrale by eight tributaries were estimated to be worth 0.04, 0.07, 0.09, 0.18, 0.94, 1.50, 1.60, and 26.98 x 10(6) t yr(-1) from the Likouala Mossaka at Makoua, Likouala aux Herbes at Botouali, Kouyou at Linnegue, Alima at Tchikapika, Sangha at Ouesso, Ubangi at Mongoumba, Ruki at Bokuma and Congo at Mbandaka, respectively. The upper Congo supplies up to 85% of the fluxes in the Cuvette Centrale, with the Ubangi and the Ruki contributing approximately 5% each. The Cuvette Centrale acts like a big sink trapping up to 23 megatons of sediment produced upstream (75%) annually.
Plan de classement
Sciences fondamentales / Techniques d'analyse et de recherche [020]
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Hydrologie [062]
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Géologie et formations superficielles [064]
Description Géographique
CONGO ; CENTRAFRIQUE ; ZONE TROPICALE ; ZONE EQUATORIALE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010081533]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010081533
