Temporal variation in soil detachment under different land uses in the Loess Plateau of China

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 1302-1309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guang-hui Zhang ◽  
Ming-ke Tang ◽  
X. C. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variation ◽  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
The Loess Plateau

Flow Detachment of Soils under Different Land Uses in the Loess Plateau of China

2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 883-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.-H. Zhang ◽  
G.-B. Liu ◽  
K.-M. Tang ◽  
X.-C. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
The Loess Plateau

scholarly journals The effects of different land uses on soil hydraulic properties in the Loess Plateau, Northern China

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 3907-3916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahmir Ali Kalhoro ◽  
Xuexuan Xu ◽  
Kang Ding ◽  
Wenyuan Chen ◽  
Abdul Ghaffar Shar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Hydraulic Properties ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Soil Hydraulic Properties ◽  
The Loess Plateau ◽  
Soil Hydraulic

Soil inorganic carbon stock under different soil types and land uses on the Loess Plateau region of China

CATENA ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 22-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Feng Tan ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Hua Cao ◽  
Chuan-Qin Huang ◽  
Qin-Ke Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Carbon Stock ◽  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
The Loess Plateau ◽  
Plateau Region ◽  
Soil Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Soil Inorganic

Combined effects of rainfall regime and plot length on runoff and soil loss in the Loess Plateau of China

2018 ◽  
Vol 109 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 397-406
Author(s):  
Jianbo LIU ◽  
Guangyao GAO ◽  
Shuai WANG ◽  
Bojie FU
Keyword(s):  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Soil Loss ◽  
Rainfall Regime ◽  
Runoff Coefficient ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
The Loess Plateau ◽  
Slope Length ◽  
Erosive Rainfall ◽  
Runoff And Soil Loss ◽  
Rainfall Regimes

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this paper was to study the interaction effects of rainfall regime and slope length on runoff and soil loss under different land uses. Event runoff and soil loss in forest, shrub and grass were measured in plots with lengths of 5, 9 and 13m in the Loess Plateau from 2008 to 2016. A total of 59 erosive rainfall events were recorded and classified into three rainfall regimes. Firstly, the results showed that the runoff coefficient was grass>shrub>forest, and soil loss was grass>forest>shrub, but the differences between forest and shrub in runoff and between grass and forest in soil loss did not reach significant levels. Secondly, rainfall regimes had an important effect on runoff and soil loss under different land uses. The lowest runoff coefficients and the highest soil loss in regime 2 were found in shrub and forest land, respectively, which differed from that of regime 1. In total, rainfall regime 1 had the highest runoff coefficient of 0.84–2.06%, followed by regime 3 with 0.33–0.88% and regime 2 with 0.04–0.06%. Soil loss in forest and grass land had a different order of regime 3>regime 1>regime 2. Thirdly, both the runoff coefficient and soil loss decreased with increasing plot length, while the effect of slope length on runoff/soil loss were influenced by land use type and rainfall regimes.

scholarly journals The effects of land-use combinations on soil erosion: a case study in the Loess Plateau of China

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 793-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo-Jie Fu ◽  
Ya-Feng Wang ◽  
Yi-He Lu ◽  
Chan-Sheng He ◽  
Li-Ding Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Soil Layer ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
The Loess Plateau ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Mature Forest ◽  
Young Forest

Land use is one of the key factors affecting soil erosion in the Loess Plateau of China. This paper examines soil erosion under different land uses and land-use combinations using 137 Cs tracing in the Yangjuangou Catchment, a tributary of the Yan River in the Loess Plateau of Northern Shaanxi Province. The results show that the order of 137Cs activity in different land uses decreases sequentially from mature forest to grass to young forest to orchard to terrace crop, indicating that the mature forests had the lowest erosion rates while the terraced cropland produced the highest erosion amount. The majority of 137Cs is distributed in the top 0—10 cm of the soil layer. The 137Cs activity in mature forest and grass soil is significantly higher than in other land uses. Three land-use combinations on the hillslope were selected to study the relationship between land-use combination and soil erosion. The mixtures of ‘grass (6 years old) + mature forest (25 years old) + grass (25 years old)’ and ‘grass (6 years old) + young forest (6 years old) + mature forest (25 years old) + grass (25 years old)’ are better for soil erosion control, lowering soil erosion amount by 42% compared with a land-use combination of ‘grass (6 years old) and shrub (6 years old)’. The results provide an important basis for optimizing land-use combinations to control soil erosion on slopes and may also result in important ecological benefits.

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