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Table 4 Analysis of erosion intensity under different land uses

From: Sediment sources of Yan'gou watershed in the Loess Hilly region China under a certain rainstorm event

Land use type

Sediment modulus

/t.km-2

Area share

/%

Erosion amount

/t

Amount ratio

/%

mountain road

3163

0.3

364

10.0

road brunche

500

0.5

120

3.3

oil road

13500

0.2

1053

29.0

grass land

15

29.1

203.8

5.6

shrub land

10

20.2

94.3

2.6

farmland

184

2.8

235.9

6.5

grass+shrub on > 35 °slope

68

21.2

672.9

18.5

un-used land

100

19.0

891.6

24.5

The total

78

93.3*

3636

100.0

  1. * The remaining 7 percent including level terraces, dams and natural forest land.