Evaluation and Promotion of Alluvial Fan Land Suitability for Agriculture in the Lhasa River Basin, Qinghai

Evaluation and Promotion of Alluvial Fan Land Suitability for Agriculture in the Lhasa River Basin, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Published:2024-07-24 Issue:8 Volume:14 Page:1214
ISSN:2077-0472
Container-title:Agriculture
language:en
Short-container-title:Agriculture

Author:

Chen Tongde¹^ORCID,Jiao Juying²^ORCID,Wang Lingling³^ORCID,Wei Wei⁴,Zhao Chunjing³,Wei Shuwei⁵

Affiliation:

1. Key Laboratory of Land Resources Survey and Planning of Qinghai Province, School of Politics and Public Administration, Qinghai Minzu University, Xining 810007, China

2. State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dry Land Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China

3. Key Laboratory of the Soil and Water Conservation on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of Water Resources, Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research, Yellow River Conservancy Commission of Ministry of Water Resources, Zhengzhou 450003, China

4. Medical Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

5. School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

Abstract

Alluvial fans have been proven to have great utilisation potential in QTP, but to what extent they are suitable for agricultural development is unknown. Therefore, using the alluvial fan in the Lhasa River Basin (LRB) as a case study, this paper established an evaluation system of land suitability for agriculture (LSA). Principal component analysis (PCA) and the exhaustive method (EM) were used to define the minimum dataset (MDS) and then the LSA of the alluvial fan in the LRB was evaluated using a comprehensive index of LSA. Two scientific approaches were implemented to improve the LSA using a scenario simulation. The results showed that the MDS assessed by the EA was more representative compared to the PCA. Alluvial fans with suitable grades are mainly distributed in the Lhasa River’s middle and lower reaches. Developing facility agriculture and repairing roads accessing the alluvial fans are effective approaches to improve the LSA, which can increase the suitable-grade area from 58.62% to 97.82% and 63.85%, respectively. Therefore, most alluvial fans in the LRB are suitable for developing agriculture, and under the influence of human activities, there will be more alluvial fans suitable for developing agriculture. Our research provides scientific methods for the sustainable development of land in alpine regions.

Funder

The second Tibetan plateau scientific expedition and research program

The national natural science foundation of China

Integration and demonstration of sediment resistance control and near-natural ecological restoration technology in wind-water compound erosion area in the Ten Tributaries

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/14/8/1214/pdf

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