Open AccessResearch on the Application of Step-pool System in Ancient Irrigation Engineering
Author(s) -
Yijia Wang,
Lihui Gao,
Jianfeng Yao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/787/1/012146
Subject(s) - natural (archaeology) , irrigation , hydraulic engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , drainage basin , structural basin , geography , geology , civil engineering , archaeology , ecology , engineering , geomorphology , cartography , geotechnical engineering , biology , thermodynamics , physics
The “step-pool system” is a common river topography in mountain rivers. In the application for Heritage Irrigation Structures in 2020, an artificial “step-pool system” built two thousand years ago was shown to the world, which is located in the 36 Weirs of Baishaxi Stream in Wucheng District, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. The creator of this ancient irrigation project used the ideas of “Building weirs by ponds” and “Distributed river development” on the Baishaxi stream, which spans 45 kilometers from the end to the end and has a vertical drop of 168 meters, to build this multifunctional ancient super barrage group project. Their experience and insights coincide with modern engineering theories, which have changed the natural characteristics of the river and made positive changes in the ecological environment of the river basin in a direction that is beneficial to human life.