[1]DUAN Chenxi,LU Ruijie,DING Zhiyong,et al.Preliminary Study on the Relationship Between the Distribution of Place Names and Natural Geographical Elements—A case of the Border Area Between the Mu Us and the Loess Plateau[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2020,27(01):387-393.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
27
Number of periods:
2020 01
Page number:
387-393
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Public date:
2020-02-20
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Preliminary Study on the Relationship Between the Distribution of Place Names and Natural Geographical Elements—A case of the Border Area Between the Mu Us and the Loess Plateau
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DUAN Chenxi1,2, LU Ruijie1,2, DING Zhiyong1,2, LIU Chang1,2
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(1.State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; 2.Engineering Center of Desertification and Blown-Sand Control, ministry of Education, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China)
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- Keywords:
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the Mu Us sandland; place name; settlement; multi-distance spatial analysis
- CLC:
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K901.6
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- Abstract:
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As a reference to the specific geographical space of the earth’s surface, the place name can reflect the natural environment features such as geomorphology, hydrology and vegetation in a specific period. The names of 1 704 administrative villages in 5 cities(districts)of Yulin area on the border area between the Mu Us and the Loess Plateau were taken as discrete points. Kernel Density and Multi-Distance Spatial Cluster Analysis were performed to analyze the physical geography of place names in ArcGIS, The element information was used for classification statistics and buffer analysis of specific natural feature place names. The results show that:(1)the distribution of administrative villages in the border area between the Mu Us and the Loess Plateau has a significant agglomeration distribution, and the settlement density is the highest in Yuyang District and Hengshan District;(2)There are 1 542 administrative villages whose names are related to natural factors among 1 704 administrative villages, accounting for 85.97%; the places named after the hydrological elements are the most, accounting for 41.73%; the places named after the landforms account for 31.04%, in addition to the names of places related to orientation, the names of the places are related to vegetation, color and other elements;(3)the distribution of place named after the hydrological characteristic can indicate environmental changes; some hydrological settlements are far away from modern rivers and lakes, which may be related to the dry and cold trend of the climate, strengthened sandstorm activity, the deteriorated surface water environment, and reduction of some river flows or even disappearance of rivers in the past two thousand years.