Application of MIKE SHE to study the impact of coal mining on river runoff in Gujiao mining area, Shanxi, China.

ABSTRACT: Coal mining is one of the core industries that contribute to the economic development of a country but deteriorate the environment. Being the primary source of energy, coal has become essential to meet the energy demand of a country. It is excavated by both opencast and underground mining methods and affects the environment, especially hydrological cycle, by discharging huge amounts of mine water. Natural hydrological processes have been well known to be vulnerable to human activities, especially large scale mining activities, which inevitably generate surface cracks and subsidence. It is therefore valuable to assess the impact of mining on river runoff for the sustainable development of regional economy. In this paper, the impact of coal mining on river runoff is assessed in one of the na

SUBMITTER: Ping J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5739402 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature