The Loess Plateau covers around 640,000 square kilometers in northwest China and has among the world's most elevated soil disintegration rates. Characterized fine dry soil (called loess) and hundreds of years of unsustainable cultivating rehearse, joined with immense populace weights, have prompted extreme ecological debasement. Generally speaking, 1.6 billion tons of residue deposits in the Yellow River every year, and represent a genuine downstream surge chance. As of late, be that as it may, the discontinuity of cultivating on steep slopes and the foundation of expansive scale terracing and dregs control structures have made noteworthy strides in fighting off further degradation.
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