To explore the influence of various factors on the infiltration characteristics of abandoned grassland in the
loess hilly and gully region of the Loess Plateau,a natural rainfall field observation method was used to study the in-
fluence of rainfall characteristics (rainfall,average rainfall intensity,rainfall duration and the maximum 30 min rain-
fall intensity (I 30 )),antecedent soil water content,slope length (10 m,20 m,30 m,40 m and 50 m),and veg-
etation coverage on soil infiltration characteristics. The grey correlation method was used to determine the dominant
factors affecting the infiltration characteristics of the abandoned grassland. It was found that the infiltration amount in-
creased significantly with increasing rainfall,rainfall duration and I 30 (R 2 > 0. 55,P < 0. 01). The infiltration sup-
plement coefficient decreased with increasing rainfall,I 30 and average rainfall intensity (R 2 >0. 12,P <0. 05). The
average infiltration rate increased with increasing rainfall intensity and I 30 (R 2 >0. 53,P <0. 01). The infiltration a-
mount and average infiltration rate decreased with the increase of antecedent soil water content,whereas the infiltra-
tion supplement coefficient increased with the increase of antecedent soil water content (R 2 >0. 13,P <0. 05). The
infiltration amount,infiltration supplement coefficient and average infiltration rate increased as the slope length in-
creased (R 2 >0. 56,P <0. 01). However,there was a critical slope length between 30 m and 40 m. Rainfall char-
acteristics and slope length were the main factors affecting soil infiltration,and the effect of vegetation coverage on soil
infiltration was not significant as the infiltration efficiency was high.
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