简介:ThepaperanalyzesthesedimentsourceofwatershedbymeansofstudyingwatershedinwestemShanxioftheLossesPlateau.Onthebasisofwatershedsclassification,7typicalwatershedswerechosenandobservedfor11years.Theresultshowsthatthesedimentatthesmallwatershedmainlycomesfromgullies,whichis60%ofthetotalsediment.Erosionmodulusofvalley(includinggullyhead,gullybed,valleyside)is1.28-2.48timesasthatoftheareabetweenchannels(includinghillslopeandmoundoftheLoessPlateau).Themainsedimentsourceofslopeerosioniscultivatedlandonslopewithoutwaterandsoilconservationmeasures.