Research Article

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

Table 4

The simulated flow flux and suspended sediment flux at the eight outlets in 1999.

OutletHumenJiaomenHongqimenHengmenMaodaomenJitimenHutiaomenYamenTotal

Flow flux
(unit: ×108 m3)
Annual537 514 205 301 623 64 79 187 2510
[21.4%][20.5%][8.2%][12.0%][24.8%][2.5%][3.1%][7.5%][100%]
Wet401 381 156 223 447 46 59 123 1836
[21.8%][20.8%][8.5%][12.1%][24.4%][2.5%][3.2%][6.7%][100%]
Dry136 133 49 78 176 18 20 64 674
[20.2%][19.7%][7.3%][11.5%][26.1%][2.7%][3.0%][9.5%][100%]

Suspended sediment
flux (unit: ×104 t)
Annual208 199 90 115 289 17 24 41 983
[21.2%][20.2%][9.2%][11.7%][29.4%][1.7%][2.4%][4.2%][100%]
Wet157 185 85 111 258 15 22 26 859
[18.3%][21.5%][9.9%][12.9%][30.0%][1.8%][2.6%][3.0%][100%]
Dry51 14 5 4 31 2 2 15 124
[41.1%][11.3%][4.1%][3.2%][25%][1.6%][1.6%][12.1%][100%]