Sensitivity evaluation of soil erosion based on land use types: A case study of Minjiang River Basin

• Published in: Journal of intelligent & fuzzy systems Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 5697 - 5705
• Main Authors: Zhang, Jinxin, Li, Hui, Zhang, Xiufang, Yu, Hua, Liang, Fengna, Qin, Zijun, Jiang, Miaohua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam IOS Press BV 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Environmental protection; Evaluation; Land use; River basins; Sensitivity analysis; Soil conservation; Soil erosion; Soil water; Water conservation
• ISSN: 1064-1246; 1875-8967
• DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-179658

Soil erosion is one of the main environmental problems in the world, and also an important branch of natural environment protection. Taking Minjiang River Basin as the research area, based on the supervised classification of land use status map, the comprehensive soil erosion modulus map was generated by referring to the soil erosion evaluation index and the revised soil loss equation (RUSLE). The results showed that the Minjiang River Basin is dominated by mild eroded area and middle eroded area, accounting for 41.50% and 54.81% of the total area respectively. High eroded area accounted for only 3.69%, mainly in the north and west, and there was no extremely sensitive area. From the perspective of land use types, the construction land and water body are mainly slightly sensitive areas, and forest land, garden land and cultivated land are mainly mild or middle sensitive areas, while the unused lands are shown as middle sensitive areas or highly sensitive areas. Through the discussion of the sensitivity evaluation of soil erosion in Minjiang River Basin, it can provide some references for the relevant departments to the soil and water conservation work in Minjiang River Basin.