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Climate change
land cover/use and
vegetation evolution in
the upper Huai river
basin
Abel Girma
Donghua University, China
L and use/land cover and
vegetation in upper Huai
river basin are considered
to be highly susceptible to
climate change. However,
there is less indication of
the change trends in both
climate and land cover/land
use in the study basin. Thus
less understanding of the
watershed sensitivity and
adaptability to climate change.
Here we identified the spatial
and temporal patterns of
changes in climate (from1960 to
2016), land cover/land use and
vegetation (from2000 to 2014)
in the upper Huai river basin
using land using the Mann-
Kendall test estimator, land
use transfer-matrix and NDVI
for the four-year time interval.
During the past 56 years,
there was a slightly decreasing
trend in precipitation while
air temperature has increased
by 1.2°C. During the past
15 years, land cover has
changed significantly. Herein
residence construction land,
artificial water and, artificial
vegetation with a discrete
distribution, increased and
wetland and artificial water
bodies showed a diminishing
trend in the study period.
On the other hand, natural
vegetation coverage does not
show obvious changes. Land
use/cover change impact was
gradually increased by human
intervention on various land
use types Our findings have
implications for predicting the
safety of water resources and
water eco-environment in the
Huai river basin under global
change.
ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS JOURNAL OF ECOSYSTEM& ECOGRAPHY 2019, VOLUME 9 | DOI: 10.4172/2157-7625-C1-045