Development and Interpretation of New Sediment Rating Curve Considering the Effect of Vegetation Cover for Asian Basins

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</svg> and SSC time span</td><td align="center">Area (km<sup>2</sup>)</td><td align="left">Characters</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Da River Basin</td><td align="center">1988–2004<br/>monthly</td><td align="center">55000</td><td align="left">No big dam in the upstream before 2004 <br/>Main vegetation cover: forest</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Chiang Sean Basin</td><td align="center">1986–1991<br/>monthly</td><td align="center">185,000</td><td align="left">No big dam before 1992 <br/>Main vegetation cover: grass and forest</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Nam Muc Basin</td><td align="center">1997–2006<br/>monthly</td><td align="center">2,200</td><td align="left">No big dam existed<br/>Main vegetation cover: forest</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 1: Development and Interpretation of New Sediment Rating Curve Considering the Effect of Vegetation Cover for Asian Basins 