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Arid Land Geography ›› 2025, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (9): 1531-1540.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2024.611

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Coupling characteristics and influencing factors of water and soil resources at the small watershed scale in Ningxia

XU Jianbin1(), CAO Xiaoshu2()   

  1. 1. College of Resources and Environment, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China
    2. College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2024-10-11 Revised:2025-01-04 Online:2025-09-25 Published:2025-09-17
  • Contact: CAO Xiaoshu E-mail:xujianbin@sxufe.edu.cn;caoxsh@snnu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The coupling coordination of water and soil resources is of great significance to the sustainable development of ecosystem services in small watersheds. Taking small watersheds of Ningxia, China as the research unit, this study employs the coupling coordination degree model to measure the coupling coordination degree of water-soil resources in the study area. Additionally, the multi-scale geographically weighted regression model is used to explore the influencing factors and spatial heterogeneity of the coupling coordination degree of water-soil resources. The results indicate that: (1) From 2005 to 2020, the coupling coordination degree of water-soil resources in small watersheds of Ningxia increased from 0.37 to 0.43, demonstrating a transition from imbalance to coordination in the regional water and soil resource matching degree. (2) The coupling coordination degree of water-soil resources in small watersheds of Ningxia exhibits a spatial pattern of being higher in the south and lower in the north. Furthermore, from 2000 to 2020, areas of water-soil resources having a coupling coordination degree of high value expanded outward in the southern small watersheds. (3) The proportion of terraced field area, county-level accessibility, and annual average precipitation exert a significant positive impact on the coupling coordination degree of water-soil resources, whereas annual average temperature, vegetation coverage, and erosion intensity have a significant negative impact. The proportion of terraced field area and annual average temperature exert a greater influence on the coupling coordination degree of water-soil resources in the southern small watersheds of Ningxia compared to northern ones, while county-level accessibility and annual average precipitation demonstrate a more significant impact on the same coupling coordination degree in the northern small watersheds of Ningxia than in the southern counterparts. The findings of this study provide a scientific reference for the planning of soil and water conservation measures at the small watershed scale in Ningxia.

Key words: soil and water conservation, soil and water resources coupling, coupling coordination degree, spatial relevance, small watersheds, Ningxia