An Inventory of Large-Scale Landslides in Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, China

• Published in: Data 2022, Vol.7 (8)
• Main Authors: Li, Lei, Xu, Chong, Yang, Zhiqiang, Zhang, Zhongjian, Lv, Mingsheng
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Subjects: China; Environmental aspects; Landslides
• ISSN: 2306-5729; 2306-5729
• DOI: 10.3390/data7080114

Landslides are a typical geological hazard that endangers people’s lives and property in the Loess Plateau. The destructiveness of large-scale landslides, in particular, is incalculable. For example, traffic disruptions, river blockages, and house collapses may all result from landslides. Thus, it is urgent to compile a complete inventory of landslides in a specific region. The investigation object of this study is Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, China. Using the multi-temporal high-resolution remote sensing images from Google Earth, we preliminarily completed the cataloging of large-scale (area > 5000 m[sup.2] ) landslides in the study area through visual interpretation. The inventory was subsequently compared with the existing literature and hazard records for improvement and supplement. We identified 3422 landslides with a total area of 360.7 km[sup.2] and an average area of 105,400 m[sup.2] for each individual landslide. The largest landslide had an area of 1.71 km[sup.2] , while the smallest one was 6042 m[sup.2] . In previous studies, we analyzed these data without describing the data sources in detail. We now provide a shared dataset of each landslide in shp format, containing geographic location, boundary information, etc. The dataset is significantly useful for understanding the distribution characteristics of large-scale landslides in this region. Moreover, it can serve as basic data for the study of paleolandslide resurrection. Dataset: Dataset License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.