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China losses heavily in soil erosion

www.chinanews.cn 2005-12-27 10:48:29

Chinanews, Dec. 27 �C The Ministry of Water Resources published a report
Monday on China��s soil erosion status in 2004. According to the report,
China��s soil erosion reached 1.622 billion tons in the year, which
equals to one centimeter of soil loss covering a land of 125,000 square
kilometers. The problem is most serious in the Yangtze River and the
Yellow River region, with soil erosion reaching 932 million and 491
million tons respectively.
The report covered soil erosion status for eleven main river areas in
China and the result showed that most of the provinces and municipalities
had soil erosion problem to some extend, with the problem being most
serious in the Yangtze River region, the Yellow River region, the black
soil region in northeast and the Pearl River region in south China.
The report showed that the problem occurred most at the slopes of the
arable lands. Meanwhile, construction activities attributed heavily to
the problem. As China speeds up its process of industrialization and
urbanization, many construction projects on infrastructure were
undertaken and these projects damaged land surface and vegetative cover
by producing a lot of waste soil.
According to the Ministry of Water Resources, soil erosion is one of the
big environmental problems existing in China. China is one of the
countries in the world with most serious soil erosion problem and more
than two million square kilometers of lands in the country need to tackle
the problem of soil erosion.

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