Abstract:In the karst areas of southwestern China, carbonate rock covers about 336000 km~2. The geological environment is extremely fragile, the area is also overpopulated and the economy is backward. This has led to serious land degradation in the form of karst rocky desertification. Karst rocky desertification is a process of land degradation involving serious soil erosion, extensive exposure of basement rocks, drastic decrease in soil productivity, and the appearance of a desert-like landscape. It is caused by ir...