Abstract:One of the four largest sandlands in China, Hunshandak Sandland was once the flourish grassland, but now it is different, with shifting sand dune accounting for 50 % of the whole area. The percentage of shifting sand dune is 20 folds of that 50 years ago. Strong winds, occurring always in the winter and spring with an average speed of 4~5 m/s and the strongest 30 m/s, greatly intensify the degradation. Local people‘s survival has been threatened largely by sandland degradation. More seriously, heave windy s...