Basedonmeteorological,hydrological,forest,andgrasslanddatacollectedbylocationobservation,remotesensing,fieldsurveysandrelevantliteratureduring1956to2009,theecologicalenvironmentchangeinnorthernslopeoftheQilianshanMountainswasanalyzedsyntheticallyusingregressionandcorrelationanalyses.Theresultsshowedthatthetemperaturehadanannualvariationrateof0.0334℃·a-1innorthernslopeoftheQilianshanMountainssince1960,andexhibitedaraisingtrend,especiallysince1987.Theannualvariationrateofannualprecipitationwas0.5702mm·a-1,indicatingthattheprecipitationtendedtoincrease.Theclimatehadchangedfromaridtohumidinthisregionsince1976.From1956to2006,theglacierareaofsixinlandriverbasin（Shiyangheriver,Heiheriver,Beidaheriver,Shuleheriver,DangheriverandHalternheriver）andDatongheriverbasininnorthernslopeofQilianshanmountainsdecreasedby17.7%.Thicknessoftheglacierreducedabout5-20m,andthesnowlineroseabout100-140m.TheGlaciericereservesininlandriverbasinofHexidecreasedby11.4%.From1972to2007,27glaciersintheeasternsectionoftheQilianshanMountainsdisappeared.From1956to2009,therunoffchangeinthenorthernslopeoftheQilianshanMountainswasdifferentindifferentregions.TherunoffwasreducedsignificantlyinShiyangheriverbasin,increasedslightlyinHeiheriverbasin,andincreasedobviouslyinShuleheriverbasin.From1958to1988,theareaofdeforestationandfarmingwasmorethan10.0millionha,andtheforestareawasreduced0.6millionha.SincetheQilianshanMountainNatureReservewasestablishedin1989,theforestwasrestoringgraduallybecauseofcontinualprotectionandcultivating,andtheforestareawasincreased9.4millionhafrom1989to2008.Duetohumaninterference,especiallyover-grazingimpact,thequalityofthewood-land,shrub-landandgrass-landinnorthernslopeoftheQilianshanMountainswereinadegradedcondition,whichre
