The results indicate that the ANN has the features of easy modeling and simple handling, and it provides a new approach to study the water environment carrying capacity of river basins.

• 结果表明，将人工神经网络方法应用于水环境承载力的研究，具有建模方便、操作简单的特点，为流域水环境承载力研究的提供了一种新途径。