[1]Zhao Yanbo,Zhao Guangju,Mu Xingmin,et al.Influence and Threshold of Vegetation Change on Sediment Load in the Weihe River Basin[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2024,31(06):96-102,108.[doi:10.13869/j.cnki.rswc.2024.06.008]
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
31
Number of periods:
2024 06
Page number:
96-102,108
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Public date:
2024-12-10
- Title:
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Influence and Threshold of Vegetation Change on Sediment Load in the Weihe River Basin
- Author(s):
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Zhao Yanbo1, Zhao Guangju1,2, Mu Xingmin1, Tian Peng2, Geng Ren2, Bi Bo2
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(1.College of Soil and Water Conservation Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; 2.National Key Laboratory of Water Disaster Prevention, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanjing 210029, China)
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- Keywords:
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Weihe River Basin; NDVI; vegetation threshold; sediment loads
- CLC:
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S157.2
- DOI:
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10.13869/j.cnki.rswc.2024.06.008
- Abstract:
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[Objective]The aims of this study are to analyze the spatiotemporal variation characteristics of vegetation coverage in the Weihe River Basin, to explore the correlation between vegetation coverage and sediment yield at the watershed scale, and to reveal the threshold of vegetation coverage based on sediment reduction benefits under the background of sediment load changes in the Weihe River. [Methods]The Weihe River Basin, a first-level tributary of the Yellow River, was selected. The vegetation change was analyzed, and the regulation effect of vegetation on sediment transport in the Weihe River Basin was quantified by using linear regression, F-test and piecewise linear regression. [Results]The vegetation coverage of Weihe River Basin showed a significant increasing trend from 2000 to 2019, and the average annual vegetation coverage growth rate was 0.005 5/a. The average annual sediment yield in the study area was higher in the north and lower in the south, and showed a decreasing trend except Juhe River. The main sediment source area was located in the upper reaches of Malian River and Beiluo River in the loess hilly and gully region. The sediment yield decreased with the increase of vegetation coverage, showing a negative exponential correlation, when the vegetation coverage reached to 45%, it could effectively control sediment load in the watershed. Vegetation coverage in Weihe River Basin could be divided into four coverage zones: low coverage zone(0~20%), transition coverage zone(20%~45%), high coverage zone(45%~70%)and very high coverage zone(70%~100%). The vegetation sediment reduction efficiency decreased stepwise with the increase of the coverage zone, and the vegetation sediment reduction efficiency in the very high coverage zone was only 1.9% and 6.0% of that in the low coverage zone and transition coverage zone. [Conclusion]The future vegetation restoration of the Loess Plateau should not only consider the difference of threshold of vegetation coverage in different regions, but also take into account the structure and function of vegetation restoration, so as to improve the diversity and stability of regional vegetation ecosystem.