简介：StudyofthemajorAsianriversdischargetotheoceanrevealsvariationsoftheirwaterdischargesandsedimentloads,andlocalcharacteristicsofriversedimentconcentrations.Onthebasisofthis,theAsianriversfallintothreeregions,includingEurasiaArctic,EastAsia,SoutheastandSouthAsiaRegions.TheEurasiaArcticRegionischaracterizedbythelowestsedimentconcentrationandload,whiletheEastAsiaRegionisofthehighestsedimentconcentrationandhighersedimentload,andtheSouth-EastandSouthAsiaRegionyieldshighersedimentconcentrationandhighestsedimentload.Thesedimentloadsoftheseregionsaremainlycontrolledbyclimate,geomorphologyandtectonicactivity.TheEurasiaArcticriverswithlargebasinareasandwaterdischarge,drainlowreliefwhichconsistsoftundrasediment,thuscausingthelowestsedimentload.TheEastAsiariverswithsmallbasinareasandlowestwaterdischarges,drainextensiveloessplateau,andtransportmosterodibleloessmaterial,whichresultsinhighestsedimentconcentration.TheSEandSouthAsiariversoriginatingfromtheTibetPlateauhavelargebasinareasandthelargestwaterdischargesbecauseoftheSummerMonsoonandhighrainfallinfluence,causingthehighestsedimentload.InAsia,tectonicmotionoftheTibetPlateauplaysanimportantrole.ThoselargeriversoriginatingfromtheTibetPlateautransportabout50%oftheworldriversedimentloadtooceanannually,forminglargeestuariesanddeltas,andconsequentlyexertingagreatinfluenceonsedimentationinthecoastalzoneandshelves.