[1]QI Qing,WANG Tian-ming,KOU Xiao-Jun,et al.Quantitative Assessment of Soil Erosion in Small Watershed in Loess Plateau Based on GIS[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2009,16(03):1-5,37.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
16
Number of periods:
2009 03
Page number:
1-5,37
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Public date:
2009-06-20
- Title:
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Quantitative Assessment of Soil Erosion in Small Watershed in Loess Plateau Based on GIS
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QI Qing, WANG Tian-ming, KOU Xiao-Jun, GE Jian-ping
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College of Life Sciences & Center for Landscape Ecology and Sustainability Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Keywords:
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soil erosion; revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE); QuickBird image; Loess Plateau
- CLC:
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S157.1;TP79
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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Taking small watershed as unit to quantitativly assess soil erosion is an important approach and content to explore the soil erosion rules and assess the benefit of watershed management. Based on the revised universal soil equation (RUSLE), the volume of soil erosion of Nanxiaohegou watershed which lies in Loess Plateau were evaluated using the GIS techniques and QuickBird remote sensing-images and the relationship of soil loss with slope gradient and land use were analyzed. Results showed that the annual soil erosion volume in Nanxiaohegou was 88 504.2 t/a,and soil erosion modulus reached 2 438.98 t/(km2·a),which was in the range of gently erosion and indicate the soil erosion had been greatly controlled. A significant positive relationship of the soil erosion volume with the slope gradient was observed, and the >25° units contribute more than 80% soil loss. Soil erosion varied sharply with different type of vegetations in a decreasing order of natural pasture > unformed forestland > sparse forest > shrub forest > cultivated grassland>arbor forest. Adjusting the structure of sparse forest, enhancing the management unformed forest and natural pasture, strengthening the management of unusable land and barren land to increase the vegetation coverage might be effective approaches to reduce soil erosion.