[1]MA Yijuan,SU Zhizhu.Environmental Characteristics and Types of Land Desertification in the Northwest of Shanxi Province[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2002,9(03):124-126.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
9
Number of periods:
2002年03期
Page number:
124-126
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Public date:
1900-01-01
- Title:
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Environmental Characteristics and Types of Land Desertification in the Northwest of Shanxi Province
- Author(s):
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MA Yijuan1, SU Zhizhu2
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1. Department of Geography, Taiyuan Teachers College, Taiyuan 0300012, Shanxi Province, China;
2. Institute of Loess Plateau in Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi Province, China
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- Keywords:
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environmental characteristics; land desertification; Northwestern Shanxi
- CLC:
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X144
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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Land desertification is one of the most serious global eco environment problems which limits the development of society and economy at present.Based on the results of recent investigations, the environmental characteristics and the types of land desertification in Northwestern of Shanxi Province are studied.Land desertification mainly includes sandy desertification and water erosion.Sandy desertification land covers 1 126 km2, about 15 500 km2 land of this area has been affected.Water erosion land covers an area of 12 600 km2, accounting for 81% of the total land of this area.At the same time, desertification land in the future will be expanded under rapid increase of population, unreasonable economic activities.