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Gully erosion regionalization of black soil area in northeastern China

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Gully erosion is the frequent and main form of soil erosion in the black soil area of the northeastern China, which is one of the most important commodity grain production bases in China. It is encroaching upon the fertile farmland there. Regionalization of gully erosion can reveal the spatial distribution and regularity of the development of gully erosion. Based on the eco-geographical regional background features of the black soil area, this study combined the regionalization with influencing factors of the development of gully erosion. GIS spatial analysis, geostatistical analysis, spatial statistics, reclassification, debris polygon processing and map algebra methods were employed. As a result, the black soil area was divided into 12 subregions. The field survey data on type, length, volume and other characteristics indicators of gully erosion were used to calibrate the results. Then the features of every subregion, such as where the gully erosion is, how serious it is, and why it happens and develops, were expounded. The result is not only an essential prerequisite for gully erosion surveys and monitoring, but also an important basis for gully erosion prevention.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Century Land System Change Research Group of Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences for providing most of the datasets. We thank Professors Xie Yun and Wu Yongqiu of Beijing Normal University, Zhang Xingyi and Song Chunyu of Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Xu Jinghua and Sun Xuewen of Heilongjiang Water and Soil Conservation Institute, and Wang Nianzhong, Li Jianwei and Zhang Yanling of Songliao River Basin Water Conservancy Committee, Ministry of Water Resources for providing field survey data and revised suggestions of gully erosion regionalization. We also thank sincerely the reviewers and editors for their valuable and constructive comments.

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  1. Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China

    Jiuchun Yang, Shuwen Zhang & Liping Chang

  2. College of Earth Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130069, China

    Fei Li

  3. College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475000, China

    Tianqi Li

  4. Songliao River Basin Water Conservancy Committee, Ministry of Water Resources, Changchun, 130021, China

    Yan Gao

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Foundation item: Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41301467, 41271416), Special Foundation of National Science and Technology Basic Work of China (No. 2013FY112800)

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Yang, J., Zhang, S., Chang, L. et al. Gully erosion regionalization of black soil area in northeastern China. Chin. Geogr. Sci. 27, 78–87 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-017-0848-z

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