HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2025, Vol. 64 ›› Issue (8): 104-109.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2025.08.016

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Soil water storage and its influencing factors in Ili River Valley

YANG Li-rong, HU Gui-qing, ZHANG Wen-tai   

  1. College of Resources and Environment, Xinjiang Agricultural University/Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Soil and Plant Ecological Processes, Urumqi 830052, China
  • Received:2024-12-17 Online:2025-08-25 Published:2025-09-12

Abstract: Based on 119 soil profiles surveyed in Ili River Valley from August to September 2023, the differences of soil water storage in 0-30 cm and 0-120 cm soil layers between different soil types and different land use patterns were compared, and the main influencing factors of soil water storage in Ili River Valley were analyzed by the multiple linear regression method. The results showed that in terms of soil types, the water storage in 0-120 cm soil layer was in the order of semi-aqueous soil (323 mm) > semi-eluviated soil (213 mm) > calcareous soil (193 mm) > alpine soil (161 mm) > arid soil (108 mm); in terms of of land use types, the water storage in 0-120 cm soil layer was in the order of cultivated land (266 mm) > forest land (199 mm) > garden land (184 mm) > grassland (153 mm). The average water storage of 0-120 cm soil layer in Ili River Valley was about 201 mm, that was 9.56 × 109 m3. Soil bulk density, rainfall, evapotranspiration, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and elevation all had significant effects on soil water storage. Sand content and dryness had effects on soil water storage in 0-30 cm. The slope and profile curvature significantly affected the soil water storage of 0-120 cm.

Key words: soil water storage, land use type, soil order, multiple linear regression, soil water reservoir, Ili River Valley

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