@article{fdi:010081533,
  title = {{S}ediment balance estimation of the '{C}uvette {C}entrale' of the {C}ongo {R}iver {B}asin using the {SWAT} hydrological model},
  author = {{D}atok, {P}. and {S}auvage, {S}. and {F}abre, {C}l{\'e}ment and {L}araque, {A}lain and {O}uillon, {S}ylvain and {N}'{K}aya, {G}. {M}. and {S}anchez-{P}erez, {J}. {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n this study, the {SWAT} hydrological model was used to estimate the sediment yields in the principal drainage basins of the {C}ongo {R}iver {B}asin. {T}he 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. {S}ediment 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 {U}bangi at {B}angui, {S}angha at {O}uesso, {L}ualaba at {K}isangani, and {K}asai at {K}uto-{M}oke, respectively-the first three of which supply the {C}uvette {C}entrale. {T}he loads contributed into the {C}uvette {C}entrale 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 {L}ikouala {M}ossaka at {M}akoua, {L}ikouala aux {H}erbes at {B}otouali, {K}ouyou at {L}innegue, {A}lima at {T}chikapika, {S}angha at {O}uesso, {U}bangi at {M}ongoumba, {R}uki at {B}okuma and {C}ongo at {M}bandaka, respectively. {T}he upper {C}ongo supplies up to 85% of the fluxes in the {C}uvette {C}entrale, with the {U}bangi and the {R}uki contributing approximately 5% each. {T}he {C}uvette {C}entrale acts like a big sink trapping up to 23 megatons of sediment produced upstream (75%) annually.},
  keywords = {{C}ongo {R}iver {B}asin ; {C}uvette {C}entrale ; erosion ; sediment transport ; sediment balance ; {SWAT} ; {CONGO} ; {CENTRAFRIQUE} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE} ; {ZONE} {EQUATORIALE} ; {REPUBLIQUE} {DEMOCRATIQUE} {DU} {CONGO} ; {CONGO} {BASSIN} ; {CONGO} {COURS} {D}'{EAU} ; {SANGHA} {COURS} {D}'{EAU} ; {OUBANGI} {COURS} {D}'{EAU} ; {LUALABA} {COURS} {D}'{EAU} ; {KASAI} {COURS} {D}'{EAU}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{W}ater},
  volume = {13},
  numero = {10},
  pages = {1388 [31 ]},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.3390/w13101388},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081533},
}