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Analyses of records of temperatures, riverflow, lake levels, lake areas and glacier response over the past century have been used to determine the sensitivity of hydrological regimes to global warming in China. The results show general trends which are already consistent with the predicted effects of global warming. They also reveal marked inter-regional differences in response. The factors responsible for these different patterns of response are discussed.
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Changming, L., Guobin, F. (1996). The Impact of Climatic Warming on Hydrological Regimes in China: An Overview. In: Jones, J.A.A., Liu, C., Woo, MK., Kung, HT. (eds) Regional Hydrological Response to Climate Change. The GeoJournal Library, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5676-9_7
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