DEVELOPMENT AND DRIVES OF LAND SALINIZATION IN SONGNEN PLAIN
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Abstract
Landsat TM (ETM) images acquired in 1986 and 2001 and the RS-GIS integrated technique are adopted to quantitatively analyze the present situation, degrees and developing trend of salinized-alkalized land in Songnen plain. It is concluded that, during the 15 years, the area of salinized land has increased 21.7112×104 hm2, averagety 1.45×104 hm2 per annum, with average annual increase rate of 1.4%. Among them, the salinized areas in light-degree, mediate-degree and heavy-degree have increased respectively by 0.8812×104 hm2, 3.8306×104 hm2 and 16.9994×104 hm2, with average annual increase rate of 0.16%, 0.64% and 4.2% respectively. The main drives for the increase of salinization are the warming climate, reduced precipitation and increased human activities.
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