ESTIMATING DRAINAGE AREA ON STEEP UNIFORM SLOPES1

ABSTRACT: A study was conducted to derive a simple procedure for estimating the tributary drainage area that may potentially develop at the base of a uniformly graded, steep slope. Data were extracted from a nil development flume study in which 112 rills and their tributary drainage areas were documented. The tributary drainage area for each rill was correlated to the slope length and the slope gradient. The findings are considered applicable to planar, convex, and divergent slopes with lengths of up to 130 m. Field verification is needed to extend the applicability of the relation.     

从广西1994年特大洪灾谈非工程防洪措施

本文根据广西各地１９９４年洪灾的具体情况，深入分析了工程防洪措施的局限性及非工程防洪措施存在的问题，提出了加强广西非工程措施的重点是加强民众水患意识教育，广泛开展洪水多发区的洪水风险评估并加强土地管理，建立先进的洪水预报预警系统及完善的洪水保险业务。     

Environmental and social implications of waste in U.S. agriculture and food sectors

Because the agriculture/food sectors appear to be driven by short-term economic and political forces, cheap energy, and agricultural-chemical technologies, waste and environmental/social problems in the agricultural/food sectors are estimated to cost the nation at least $150 billion per year. Most of the waste and environmental/social problems can be eliminated through better resource management policies and the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices.Based on a paper entitled Waste in U.S. Agricultural and Food Sectors—Environmental and Social Costs presented at the Gross National Waste Product Forum, Washington, D.C.     

REELFOOT LAKE SEDIMENTATION RATES AND SOURCES1

ABSTRACT: The three basins of Reelfoot Lake, which is located in northwestern Tennessee, were investigated using the Cs-137 tracer technique to determine rates of sediment deposition and to estimate the time before the basins will fill with sediment. Blue Basin, the largest of the three basins with 2922 ha, had an average annual sedimentation rate of 0.9 cm/yr from 1984 to 1984. The basin will become too shallow for most boating and recreational activities in about 200 years. Buck Basin, the central basin with 774 ha, had an average annual sedimentation rate of 1.1 cm/yr and will become too shallow for most recreational uses in about 100 years. Upper Blue Basin, the most upstream and smallest basin with 439 ha, had an average annual sedimentation rate of 1.7 cm/yr and will become too shallow for most recreational uses in about 60 years. Two important sources of sediment to Reelfoot Lake are erosion from a large number of soybean fields and channelization of many of the streams that flow into the lake. Changes in land management that would reduce erosion could increase the time the lake would remain usable for recreational activities.     

Soil erosion in developing countries: A politicoeconomic explanation

Soil erosion is accelerating in developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It has threatened the livelihood of millions of peasants, for agriculture is their economic mainstay. A probe into the forces causing erosion reveals that the elite’s resolve to accumulate ever more wealth and to maintain, consolidate, or expand their sociopolitical power and the necessity of the poor to fulfill their requirements of food, fuelwood, and fodder are the two major factors accelerating soil erosion. Unless the vast masses of poor people are integrated into the national mainstream through the implementation of equitable and redistributive development policies, it is impossible to control the accelerating rate of soil erosion and thus to achieve the objective of sustainable development. In this article, the phenomenon “soil erosion” is studied with the sol e focus on causation through anthropogenic factors.     

黄土丘陵沟壑区土壤侵蚀专家系统试验研究

本文介绍了黄土丘陵的沟壑区土壤侵蚀专家系统的建造原理与方法.系统采用压缩编码方式存贮各种地学图形与遥感图象数据,具有效据与图象的存贮更新、查询检索、分析处理、图象显示和自动制图功能.该系统可对黄土地区的土壤侵蚀进行准确、快速的预测、预报,并对土壤侵蚀的综合治理,水土保持规划提出几种可行性建议供用户选择。用该系统对山西省离石县王家沟流域羊道沟的土壤侵蚀进行了试验研究,并对试验结果进行了系统评价。     

毁林与汉代居延垦区的衰落

本文根据历史史料，阐明了汉代居延垦区由兴旺发达到衰落的历史原因。进一步说明了乱破滥伐森林带来的恶果。开发大自然必须遵循自然规律，切不可盲目蛮干，毫无克制。     

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF SOIL CONDITIONS ON FARM STRATEGIES TO REDUCE AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION1

ABSTRACT: Utilizing predictions of pollutant movement generated by the CREAMS model, the economics of reducing field losses of sediment and nitrate percolation were compared between two soil types on each of two slopes common to the Upper Eastern Shore of Maryland. The soils considered were Matapeake silt loam and Sassafras sandy loam textures on field slopes of 3.5 percent and 7.5 percent. A representative cash grain farm was used as a basis of comparison. Under assumptions of profit maximization, economic optimal cropping systems varied by slope. Results further indicated that relative cost-effectiveness of sediment or nitrate percolation control varied by soil type for both slopes considered. Unit costs of sediment control were less on silt loam soils, while unit costs of nitrate percolation control were less on sandy loam soils.     

基于GIS技术的典型岩溶石山区土壤侵蚀危险性评价--以广西平果县果化示范区为例

针对岩溶石山区土壤侵蚀危险性评价问题,以广西平果县果化示范区为例,从分析土壤侵蚀的影响因子入手,建立了示范区的土壤侵蚀危险性评价模型.选取的评价因子为地形坡度、植被覆盖度和土层厚度等3个关键因子,并利用层次分析法确定了评价因子的相对权重,同时以ArcGIS 8 Desktop为平台,利用系统的空间分析工具,通过模型的空间关系识别和叠加分析,实现了示范区土壤侵蚀危险性评价.