Soil Moisture Characteristics of a Typical Slope in the Watershed of the Loess Plateau for Gully Land Consolidation Project

Abstract

To clarify the characteristics of soil moisture in the slope of watershed of the gully land consolidation watershed, and to further guide the implementation of the gully land consolidation project and vegetation restoration in this area, this study selected a typical slope of gully land consolidation watershed as the research object. The soil moisture of different slope positions was monitored and analyzed, and its temporal stability was analyzed. The results showed that: 1) The average soil moisture of different slope positions increased with the increase of soil depth, and the variability showed an increasing-decreasing-increasing trend, and the variability was the smallest at about 70 cm from the surface with weak variability, and the soil moisture variability in other layers is moderate. 2) On the slope, the distribution characteristics of soil moisture content were as follows: upslope