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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 1999, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (6): 761-765.

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Flood damage and controlling strategies at Hun Tai basin

Pei Tiefan, Fan Shixiang, Li Xiaoyan, Wu Jiabing, Xu Yi   

  1. Institute of Applied Ecology, Academia Sinica, Shenyang 110015
  • Received:1999-05-10 Revised:1999-10-10 Online:1999-11-25 Published:1999-11-25

Abstract: Hunhe, Taizihe rivers originating from the east mountain areas of Liaoning Province are the biggest tributaries of the left bank of Liaohe River. From the initial stage of New China to the early 1990s, the frequency of flood damage had decreased, but recently the disasters have upgraded and changed from trunk stream to tributary basins. In July 1995, Dongzhouhe, a tributary of Hunhe River, suffered from a heaviest flood since establishing the document of floods in Hunhe basin. Meanwhile, a peak discharge, almost beyond double defending ability, occurred at Dadongshanpu Station of Beishahe River, a tributary of Taizihe River. Besides the continued heavy rainstorm, no controllable water conservancy projects and ecological damages caused by quickly decreasing forest cover and water and soil loss are the two main causes of flood damage. In addition, the low flood protection standard is also one of causes. According to the above analyses, some strategies of synthetic controlling for flood damages were put forward: 1) Establishing the system of ecological engineering to defend floods and reduce disasters; 2)Setting up storage and detention areas; 3) Establishing flood controlling information system; 4) Improving the accuracy of media short period and short period rainstorm forecast and flood forecast; 5) Insurance of flood protection.

Key words: Hun Tai basin, Flood damage, Ecological engineering, System of disaster reduction