Arid Zone Research ›› 2022, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (4): 1166-1173.doi: 10.13866/j.azr.2022.04.17

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Runoff and sediment yield and relationship between water and sediment of sand covered slope of loess hilly region

SU Yuanyi1,2(),FENG Zhaohong3,ZHANG Yang1,LEI Na1,ZHANG Tingyu1   

  1. 1. Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co. Ltd. Institute of Land Engineering and Technology, Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group Co. Ltd. Key Laboratory of Degraded and Unused Land Consolidation Engineering, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shaanxi Provincial Land Consolidation Engineering Technology Research Center, Xi’an 710075, Shaanxi, China
    2. Institute of Water Resources and Hydro-Electric Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, Shaanxi, China
    3. Yellow River Engineering Consulting Co. Ltd., Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, China
  • Received:2022-01-04 Revised:2022-03-21 Online:2022-07-15 Published:2022-09-26

Abstract:

The characteristics of runoff and sediment and runoff-sediment relationship under four overlying sand conditions and three runoff slope length conditions were studied by indoor water discharge scoring tests. Results showed that the initial runoff time of the sand-covered slope was significantly longer than that of the loess slope, and the initial runoff time increased with the increase of sand-covered thickness. In addition, the unsynchronized time of peak runoff and sediment was found. The runoff rate of different slopes was small at the beginning of the test, and it gradually increased and stabilized with the extension of the runoff time. The sediment rate of the loess slope had a stable trend with the extension of runoff time, whereas the sediment rate of the sand-covered slope had a larger fluctuation range. The accumulated sediment on different slopes increased gradually with the increase of accumulated runoff, and a power function relationship was observed between them. The sand layer had a certain water storage function; thus, the erosion process of the sand-covered slope was evidently different from that of the loess slope. The thickness of the sand cover is an important factor affecting the erosion characteristics of the slope, which provides a scientific basis for further study of the erosion characteristics of the composite slope.

Key words: loess, sand covered slope, runoff and sediment yield, runoff-sediment relationship