A Coupled Model of the 1D River Network and 3D Estuary Based on Hydrodynamics and Suspended Sediment Simulation

Table 3

The suspended sediment flux and the diversion ratio at the two main joints in the Pearl River network: (a) Makou and Sanshui and (b) Tianhe and Nanhua (unit: ×10⁴ t).

Bathymetry	1999
Station	Makou	Sanshui	Tianhe	Nanhua
Annual sediment flux	1494		1052
Wet	1198 [96.8%]	253 [98.8%]	553 [96.3%]	461 [96.4%]
Diversion ratio	82.6%	17.4%	54.5%	45.5%
Dry	40 [3.2%]	3 [1.2%]	21 [3.7%]	17 [3.6%]
Diversion ratio	93.0%	7.0%	55.3%	44.7%
Annual	1238 [100%]	256 [100%]	574 [100%]	478 [100%]
Diversion ratio	82.9%	17.1%	54.6%	45.4%