LAND EVALUATION AND RATIONAL STRUCTURE OF LAND-USE IN DESERT STEPPE AREA IN NINGXIA HUI AUTONOMOUS REGION

<正> Located in the middle and north part of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the desertsteppe area includes the whole of Shizuishan, Huinong, Pingluo, Taole, Helan, Yingchuan,Yongning, Lingwu, Qingtongxia, Wuzhong, Zhongning, and Zhongwei counties and thenorth part of Yanchi, Tongxin counties. This region has an area of 32020 km~2. The popula-     

PROTECTION AND RATIONAL USE OF THE LAND RESOURCE IN THE MANAS RIVER BASIN OF XINJIANG

<正> The Manas River valley, situated in the middle part of northern slope of TianshanMountains, in a geographcal position of N43°20′--45°56′, E84°57′--86°43′,composed of Manas and Shawan counties, and the 8th Agricaltural Reclamation Division,has a total area of 24328Km~2. This area belongs to the arid regions of China with a great distance to the sea. For in-