Abstract
The building of check-dams is one of the most effective measures for the conservation of soil and water on the Loess Plateau of China, and the hydro-sedimentologic balance is the most important factor influencing the relative stability of the check-dam systems. This means that soil and water in the small watersheds controlled by the check-dams will be absorbed internally, without the need of raising the height of the dams, if some given parameters have reached certain values. A runoff simulation experiment for a single check-dam and a rainfall simulation experiment for the whole check-dam system had been conducted to simulate the induced morphological changes affecting the stability of check dam systems. The results indicate that the main reasons causing the check-dam to show good relative stability are the enlargement of the dam-land area, the alleviation of erosion by the check-dam, and the auto-stabilizing mechanism of the gullies.
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Xu, X., Zhu, T., Zhang, H., Gao, L. (2020). Sediment-Storage Effects of Check-Dam System in the Small Watershed. In: Experimental Erosion. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3801-8_8
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