The study on the
interleaving zones of water/wind erosion is of significance to the studies on the landscapes, land cover/land
use, global change, etc. In this paper, the
interleaving zones of water/wind erosion in China are calculated based on GIS. The results show that the interleaving zones of water/wind erosion are mainly distributed in north China, especially along the marginal zones of the desert in northwest China and of the mountains in north China. This kind of distribution is obviously related to the boundaries of climate and landforms. The annual precipitation in the interleaving zones occupying 49.6% of the total is less than 200 mm. Land use in the interleaving zones of water/wing erosion in China is dominated by
grasslands (41.8%), then by farmlands. For these two types of land use, the grasslands are interleaved with other types of land use, and the farmlands are decentralizedly distributed in some main regions. The general erosion in the interleaving zones of water/wind erosion is more serious than that of the average in China.