Abstract:Seasonal rivers in the northern China have large differences in flood and low water levels and uneven temporal and spatial distribution of runoff. The traditional management model of hard revetment, straightening and diverting water for flood discharge is prone to causing problems such as the fragmentation of the habitat in the water-land interlaced zone of the river, the drying up and exposure of the river during the low water season, and the degradation of ecological functions, making it difficult to balance the flood control safety and ecological protection of river. Relying on the Qingdao Zhangcun River Ecological Restoration Project, the conventional single water-restraining governance concept is abandoned, and four core technologies, namely multi-natural elastic river morphology reconstruction, ecological revetment renovation, segmented water storage and regular ecological water replenishment, and habitat restoration and vegetation reconstruction in fluctuating water level zones, are analyzed to effectively restore the water-land interactive ecological functions in areas with drastic water level changes in seasonal rivers. After treatment, the compliance rate of flood discharge in rivers reaches 100%, the self-purification capacity of water bodies is increased by 40%, and the habitat environment for aquatic organisms in rivers is significantly improved. The research outcomes can provide the replicable technical solutions for the ecological restoration and comprehensive regulation of similar seasonal rivers with large water level differences and steep gradients in northern China.