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Between 1975 and 2025, Mainland China's 200- and 400-mm dry-wet boundaries shifted northwestward and westward, causing significant wetting in northern basins that is increasingly driven by concentrated rainstorm precipitation. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Quantify the long-term spatiotemporal movement of precipitation-driven dry–wet boundaries and their hydrological impacts across Mainland China from 1975 to 2025.

August 28, 2026npj Climate and Atmospheric ScienceOpen Access

Spatiotemporal variations of precipitation-driven dry–wet boundaries and associated impacts from 1975 to 2025 in Mainland China

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SZSihai ZengChina Meteorological Administration XYXiaobo YunChina Meteorological Administration HBHongjun BaoChina Meteorological Administration

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Climatological analysis reveals northwestward shifts in precipitation boundaries across northern China, indicating heightened flood risks from intensifying rainstorms.

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Quantify the long-term spatiotemporal movement of precipitation-driven dry–wet boundaries and their hydrological impacts across Mainland China from 1975 to 2025.
Analyzed long-term daily precipitation records from 2,474 meteorological stations across Mainland China between 1975 and 2025.
Tracked the spatiotemporal trajectory of the 200-, 400-, and 800-mm precipitation isohyets alongside extreme rainstorm metrics (R50) across major river basins.
The 200-mm and 400-mm isohyets shifted northwestward and westward after changepoints in 1996 and 2011, respectively, significantly expanding humid conditions across northern basins while the 800-mm boundary remained stable.
Post-2011 boundary displacement in the Haihe and Yellow River Basins was predominantly driven by extreme rainstorm precipitation (R50) rather than non-extreme rainfall, characterized by synchronized increases in heavy-rain frequency and intensity.

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Zeng et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9145ead15324a1df3a9218 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-026-01520-7

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Climatological analysis reveals northwestward shifts in precipitation boundaries across northern China, indicating heightened flood risks from intensifying rainstorms.

Spatiotemporal variations of precipitation-driven dry–wet boundaries and associated impacts from 1975 to 2025 in Mainland China

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Spatiotemporal variations of precipitation-driven dry–wet boundaries and associated impacts from 1975 to 2025 in Mainland China

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