Vegetation-Erosion Dynamics - River Dynamics and Integrated River Management - page 81

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Fig. 2.28 (a) In the Maousu Desert in northwestern China, people have stopped the motion of sand dunes by planting
straw and dry grass to form a framework; (b) Protection of shrubs to resist wind; (c) A nice vegetation cover has
developed on the desert; and (d) A surface crust formed on the desert, which can resist against wind erosion. Human
and animal traffic can damage the crust