| Abstract: | Landslides historically have caused severe erosion problems in the Xiao River drainage region of northeastern Yunnan Province, China, that hence resulted in serious economic and social consequences. Owing to monsoonal storms of high rainfall intensity, the erosion potential is high in this mountainous, seismically active region. Landslides transported large quantities of materials into the ravines. During intense storms, high runoff from the deforested areas has mobilized this material into debris flows. Where these flows emerged onto flatter slopes in the lower parts of the watersheds, the channels were too small to hold them, so farmland and villages were inundated. Debris flows in this region during June-August 1985 killed 12 people, damaged roads and the main rail line to Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, inundated farmland, and overflowed debris-retention structures. To mitigate these severe erosion problems, several different methods have been used. |
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| Citation Author: | Wieczorek, Gerald, F.; Wu, Jishan; Li, Tianchi |
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| Citation Publisher: | Int Erosion Control Assoc |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | DEFORESTATION AND LANDSLIDES IN YUNNAN, CHINA.; 1987; Conference Paper; Wieczorek, Gerald, F.; Wu, Jishan; Li, Tianchi |
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| Text: | DEFORESTATION AND LANDSLIDES IN YUNNAN, CHINA.; 1987; Conference Paper; Wieczorek, Gerald, F.; Wu, Jishan; Li, Tianchi |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Thu, 1 Jan 1987 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Int Erosion Control Assoc |
