[1]HE Jing-li,LI Jin-rong,XING En-de,et al.Study on Spatial Pattern of Potential Wind Erosion of Soil in Semi-arid Steppe[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2012,19(05):12-15,22.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
19
Number of periods:
2012 05
Page number:
12-15,22
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Public date:
2012-10-20
- Title:
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Study on Spatial Pattern of Potential Wind Erosion of Soil in Semi-arid Steppe
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HE Jing-li, LI Jin-rong, XING En-de, GUO Jian-ying
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Institutes of Water Resources for Pastoral Area, Hohhot 010020, China
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- Keywords:
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semi arid steppe; wind erosion; spatial pattern
- CLC:
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S157.1
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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The majority of China in the arid and semi arid regions suffered from invasion of severe erosion. Wind erosion can lead to soil loss and soil fertility decline, ultimately cause the desertification. Semi arid grassland desertification problems have become increasingly prominent, resulting in dust storms and other frequency of weather disasters, and leading to a lot of inconveniences to the production and people’s living. Based on the wind speed inducing soil wind erosion, aridity, vegetation index, relief amplitude, soil erodibility and grazing pressure, the spatial distribution pattern of soil wind erosion of semi arid grasslands in Damao County was studied by using GIS technology through principal component analysis. The results showed that the potential of wind erosion index presented high-low-high trend from south to north. In northern Damao, soil erosion was mainly affected by wind speed, aridity and vegetation index;central area of wind erosion was mainly affected by the level of relief amplitude, effect of relief amplitude on wind reduction was enhanced, the wind speed was reduced, and the change in soil erodibility and aridity was relatively low, so wind erosion index was low. Southern soil wind erosion was mainly affected by grazing pressure, spring is the season with low grass and vegetation coverage, and livestock density was relatively large, grazing on pasture pressure, soil wind erosion was very serious. Temporal and spatial heterogeneity of each factor influencing wind erosion was the main reason leading to spatial and temporal heterogeneity wind erosion in semi arid prairie. The main factors influencing spatial heterogeneity of wind erosion in semi arid steppe were wind speed, drought and vegetation index, the next factors were the relief amplitude and soil erodibility, and grazing pressure was one of the main human factors on soil wind erosion in semi arid steppe.