Spatial and Temporal Variation of Soil Erosion in Guangxi in Recent 20 Years

摘要

TM/ETM data as the base information combined with a digital elevation model are used to analyze the spatial distribution and temporal variation of soil erosion in Guangxi. The results shows that light, medium and strong are the main three levels of soil erosion in Guangxi. The proportions of light and medium soil erosion are higher which are 6.18% and 4.76% respectively. The total area of soil erosion and its degrees exhibit an upward trend since the 1980s. The area of soil erosion in Guangxi increases 4% in the past 20 years. The five levels of soil erosion performance an upward trend mostly. Medium soil erosion is of the biggest change with an increase of 1.29% while acute soil erosion exhibits a smallest change with an increase of 0.49%.