TW sediment discharges

Erosion rates in Taiwan across multiple timescales. a, Calculated from fluvial suspended sediment observations with 5-km grid resolution, smoothed at catchment scale using a circular moving mean with 30-km diameter. Black arrows indicate mean annual coastal suspended sediment flux from rivers draining areas greater than 400 km2. Coastal sediment fluxes are reported from hydrometric stations closest to coast. Average uncertainty of these values is 37%. Black circles indicate hydrometric stations used to construct the map; triangles indicate locations of reservoirs used in reservoir fill analysis; no data are available within the grey shaded area.

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