Decline of Yangtze River water and sediment discharge: Impact from natural and anthropogenic changes.

Although an increasing trend in annual water consumption can be qualitatively expected for the period before the pre-TGD decade, considering the rapid increase in population since the 1950s and the rapid increase in economic activity in the Yangtze Basin since the 1980s 20 , it is difficult to quantify its impact on water discharge because of the lack of available data.

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