Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
16
Number of periods:
2009 01
Page number:
102-106
Column:
Public date:
2009-02-20
- Title:
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The New Way to Harness Mu Us Desert
- Author(s):
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DONG Wen1,2
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1. The Department of Environment and Life Science of Weinan Teacher’s University, Weinan, Shaanxi 714000, China;
2. Shanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, China
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- Keywords:
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Mu Us desert; the special cause of formation; harness measure; cover the sand with the soil
- CLC:
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X171.1
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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Mao Mu Us desert has been formed for thousands years. It occupies the area whose precipitation is 350~500 mm. It is the forest prairie and the prairie primarily region. According to the analysis of the special cause of formation of Mu Us desert, a new thinking is brought forward to harness Mu Us desert, that is besides planting trees and grass, but also paying more attention to use the rich loess matter in the south of this area to improve sand, which can prevent the atmospheric precipitation from filtering to the depth portion through the sand, and can effectively increase the soil’s water retention property, improving soil moisture condition. It is advantageous to the plant growth and fixation of sand. It also can accelerate vegetation’s restoration. Moreover, in the smooth local, it can develop the fertile farmland, be able to govern and to use this sand fundamentally. This area’s close neighbor Loess Plateau has the richest soil matter. As a result, to solve this area’s desert problem by using the soil to cover the sand is a practical and effective way.