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JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH ›› 1997, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (2): 138-143.

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THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EXPLOITATION,UTILIZATION OF EOLIAN SANDS IN HAITAN ISLAND,FUJIAN PROVINCE

Zhang Wenkai   

  1. Department of Geography, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007
  • Received:1996-05-17 Revised:1996-10-08 Online:1997-06-20 Published:1997-06-20

Abstract: Haitan Island is a main district with eolian sands in Fujian Province.Eolian sands,granites and wind power are the three major natural resources in the island.Some eolian sands are the parental substances of soils,and are the high qualitative sand deposits too.If one doesn't make uses of eolian sands rationally,it will lead to wind-sand disaster easily.According to the type and distribution of eolian landforms,taking sand-fixation forest as premise,this paper divides the eolian sand district inito three different functional areas which including the area of sand-fixation forest along the east coast,the area of interior agricultural exploit,and the area of the west sand ore deposits.

Key words: Main characteristics of eolian sand, Significance of exploitation and utilization, Haitan Island

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