FENG Hao, SHAO Ming-an, WU Pu-te

(Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS and MWR, Northwest Science and Technology University
of Agriculture and Forestry, Yangling 712100, China)

Abstract: Based on the situation of serious shortage of water resources and the need of developing eco-environment on the Loess Plateau,this paper puts forward theoretical, available and realistic potentials of converting rainwater into resources and discusses the principle and method for calculating the potentials of developing rainwater resources by taking small watershed as research unit and rainwater as research object. A preliminary assessment method for developing rainwater resources is provided combination with 11 small watersheds on the Loess Plateau.

Keywords: small watershed; converting rainwater to resource; potential; assessment