Landscape distribution characteristics of northern foothill belts of Tianshan Mountains |
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Authors: | Cheng Wei-ming PhD Zhou Cheng-hu Tang Qi-cheng Yao Yong-hui Zhang Bai-ping |
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Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China |
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Abstract: | The foothill belts of Tianshan Mountains are about 280 km long and 60 km wide, and the study area extends from Kuitun city
to Fukang city. They are transitional belts between mountains and plains, appearing in three rows of folds with different
morphologies and their age becoming younger from south to north. Based on GIS and RS methods, and materials of the previous
researchers, this paper deals with the genetics of the foothill belts and their landscape features resulting from folding
by neotectonic movements, and also describes their length, width and slope by remote sensing image interpretation. The characteristics
of the foothill belts are found to be very important for the surrounding environment by preventing groundwater from flowing
into plains, changing groundwater, increasing flow of surface runoff, in addition to their roles in protecting the surrounding
environment. The purpose of this paper is to provide an in-depth understanding of the foothill belts and influence on its
surrounding environment. |
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Keywords: | foothill belts foothill landscape geomorphic landscape geomorphic remote sensing Tianshan Mountains |
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