Influences of Environmental Factors on Soil Erosion of the Logging Road in Timber Harvested Area

성숙임목벌채지(成熟林木伐採地)에서 운재로(運材路)의 침식(浸蝕)에 미치는 환경요인(環境要因)의 영향(影響)

This research aimed at the contribution to obtaining the scientifical data which were required for planning she environmentally sound and sustainable management, particularly in the field of the logging road construction. Main natural environmental variables including natural vegetation, rainfall, soil runoff were measured in the logging road on-sites and analysed. This project was carried out at the (mt.)Paekunsan Research sorest of Seoul National University, located in Gwangyang, Chollanam-do in southern part of Korea, from 1993 to 1994. 1. The explanatory variables for erosion and sedimentation on logging road surface were accumulated rainfall, erosion distance, cross-sectional gradient, and soil hardness. The erosion and sedimentation on logging road was increasing positively in proportion to the accumulated rainfall, soil distance from starting point of the logging road, and cross-sectional gradient. 2. On cut-slope of logging road, cut-slope shape, part of the slope, plant coverage, soil hardness, sand content, accumulated rainfall, clay content, and silt content were effective factors. Cut-slope erosion and sedimentation on logging roam increased as with the lower plant coverage, the lower accumulated rainfall, the high sand content in the soil. 3. On fill-slope of logging road, there were three significant variables such as total rainfall and number of rainfall-storm. Fill-slope erosion and sedimentation had a positive correlation with the amount of rainfall, the number of rainfall, the soil hardness. 4. The total erosion and sedimentation on logging road were $5.04{\times}10^{-2}m^2/m^2$ in logging road construction year, $7.37{\times}10^{-2}m^2/m^2$ in next year. The erosion and sedimentation on logging road surface were 32.7% of total erosion and sedimentation on Logging road in construction year, and 57.1% in next year, respectively. The erosion and sedimentation on cut-slopes were 30.4% on logging road in construction year, fill-slopes of total erosion and sedimentation and 21.0% in next year, respectively. The erosion and sedimentation on fill-slopes were 36.9% on logging road in construction year, 21.9 in next year. To decrease the erosion and sedimentation at the logging road from the beginning stage of construction, the effective revegetation works should be implemented on the cut-slope and fill slopes, and erosion control measures such as optima. road design must be constructed on read surface.

이 연구(硏究)는 대규모(大規模) 벌채지(伐採地) 운재로(運材路)에서의 침식(浸蝕) 및 퇴적(堆積)에 관련되는 주요(主要) 인자(因子)와 그 영향(影響)을 구명(究明)할 목적(目的)으로 1993년부터 1994년까지 2개년간 백운산(白雲山) 지역(地域)(서울대학교(大學校) 농업생명과학대학(農業生命科學大學) 부속(附屬) 남부연습림(南部演習林) 제(第)26임반(林班)에 개설된 운재로(運材路)에서 수행한 연구(硏究)로서 결과(結果)를 요약(要約)하면 다음과 같다. 1. 운재로(運材路) 노면(路面) 침식(浸蝕)의 설명에 유의한 인자(因子)는 누가강우량(累加降雨量), 침식거리(浸蝕距離), 운재로(運材路)의 횡단(橫斷)물매, 토양경도(土壤硬度) 등(等) 4개(個) 인자(因子)이었으며, 누가강우량(累加降雨量)이 많을수록, 운재로(運材路) 시점(始點)으로부터 거리가 멀수록, 운재로(運材路)의 횡단(橫斷)물매가 급할수록 운재로(運材路)의 노면(路面) 침식량(浸蝕量)은 증가하였다. 2. 우재로(運材路)에서 절토사면(切土斜面) 침식량(浸蝕量)의 설명(說明)에 유의한 인자(因子)는 절토사면(切土斜面)의 모양(模樣), 침식(浸蝕)편의 위치(位置), 식생피복도(植生被覆度), 토양경도(土壤硬度), 모래함유율(含有率), 누가강우량(累加降雨量), 점토함유율(粘土含有率), 미사함유율(含有率) 등(等) 8개(個) 인자(因子)이었으며, 식생피복도(植生被覆度)가 낮을수록, 누가강우량(累加降雨量)이 많을수록, 토양중(土壤中)의 모래함유율(含有率)이 많을수록 운재로(運材路)의 절토사면(切土斜面) 침식량(浸蝕量)은 증가하였다. 3. 운재로(運材路)에서 발생된 총침식량(總浸蝕量)의 설명에 유의한 인자(因子)는 총강우량(總降雨量), 강우(降雨)횟수, 토양경도(土壤硬度) 등(等) 3개(個) 인자(因子)이었으며, 강우량(降雨量)이 많을수록, 강우(降雨)횟수가 많을수록 운재로(運材路)의 성토사면(盛土斜面) 침식량(浸蝕量)은 증가하였다. 4. 운재로(運材路)d서 발생된 총침식량(總浸蝕量)은 운재로(運材路) 개설(開設) 당해연도(當該年度)에는 $5.04{\times}10^{-2}m^2/m^2$, 그 다음 해에는 $7.37{\times}10^{-2}m^2/m^2$로, 이중 노면(路面) 침식량(浸蝕量)은 운재로(運材路) 개설(開設) 당해연도(當該年度)와 그 다음 해에 각각 운재로(運材路) 총침식량(總浸蝕量)의 32.7%, 57.1%, 절토사면(切土斜面) 침식량(浸蝕量)은 각각 총침식량(總浸蝕量)의 30.4%, 21.0%, 성토사면(盛土斜面) 침식량(浸蝕量)은 각각 총침식량(總浸蝕量)의 36.9%, 21.9%이었다. 이상(以上)의 결과(結果)를 종합해 볼 때 산림벌채(山林伐採)를 위하여 개설(開設)된 운재로(運材路)에서 침식(浸蝕)을 저감(低減)하기 위해서는 운재로(運材路) 개설시(開設時) 환경보전적(環境保全的)으로 적절한 노선(路線) 설계(設計)가 이루어져야 하며, 절 성토사면(切 盛土斜面)에는 조기(早期) 식생피복(植生被覆)을 위한 안정(安定) 녹화(綠化) 방안(方案)이 강구되어야 할 것이다.