[1]ZHANG Tianyu,HAO Yanfang.Spatial Distribution of Sloping Croplands in Northeast China and Its Implication on Soil and Water Conservation[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2018,25(02):190-194.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
25
Number of periods:
2018 02
Page number:
190-194
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Public date:
2018-04-03
- Title:
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Spatial Distribution of Sloping Croplands in Northeast China and Its Implication on Soil and Water Conservation
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ZHANG Tianyu1,2, HAO Yanfang3
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1. Institute for Peat and Mire Research, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China;
2. School of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China;
3. Heilongjiang Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Harbin 150070, China
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- Keywords:
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soil and water conservation; northeast China; sloping cropland; slope gradient
- CLC:
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S157
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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Soil erosion is causing damage to the sloping croplands of northeast China and threatening the food security of China. However, little is known about them at macro scale. This study aims to investigate the area and slope gradient in different geomorphologic regions, soil types, watersheds and administrative divisions of the northeast region in order to guide the implementation of conservation management practices. The results indicate that:(1) sloping cropland of northeast China is characterized by large area with gentle slope gradients, the total area is about 195 000 km2, with a mean slope of 3.4 degrees, the total area is about 195 000 km2, with a mean slope of 3.4 degrees, the total area of sloping cropland of northeast China is about 14% of the total cropland area of China; therefore, management of these sloping croplands is important; (2) contour farming is suitable to most of the sloping croplands; Therefore, technologies, conservation practices and management systems related to sloping cropland deserve more attention; sloping croplands steeper than 15 degree, those located in the aeolian sandy soil, and some other soil types contribute little to grain production and exhibit a high erosion hazard, therefore, these croplands should be reused for the other purposes; the Changbaishan mountainous region and the dark-brown earth region are the key regions and difficult regions of management, and more attention should be paid to these regions; (3) the work load and difficulty of conservation management vary widely among counties, therefore, each county should be dealt with on its individual merits and not by the macroscale management decisions across counties, the load and difficulty of the management work of each county should not be evaluated by land area and cropland area.