Study on the Forms of Water Conservancy Projects by analysis on the Influence of Topography in Northeast Plain and Yangtze Plain on Precipitation

Abstract

China is the third largest country in the world in terms of land area, which is 9.6 million square kilometers. It has five types of terrain, including plains, plateaus, mountains, hills, and basins, and five types of climates: tropical, subtropical, warm-temperate, mid-temperate, cold-temperate, and highland. Topography over such a vast land area is the main factor affecting rainfall in each region. In recent few years, China depended on the different water conservancy projects, such as dams and reservoirs, to deal with the different amount of rainfall in various regions. Since natural rainfall is uncontrollable, we need to transfer it from harmful effects to beneficial effects in our lives, which is the main motivation of our study. The purpose of this study is to determine the exactly form of water conservancy project for regions of Northeast Plain and the Yangtze River Plain by comparing and analyzing the influence of topographic features on rainfall in recent 10 years. We used data analysis methods to compare and analyze data on topography and rainfall in the two regions by studying data from websites and literature.

Biographies

Annie Zhou is a first-year student in the Vantage one Science program at University of British Columbia. She is looking forward to major in Mathematics and computer science.

Yuwei Yang is a first-year student in Vantage one Science program at the university of British Columbia. She is really interested in both earth and ocean, so next year she plans to major in Earth & Ocean Science in UBC.