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Physical Characteristics of Ridge Traversing Trail in Mount Jiri National Park  

Kim, Tae-Ho (Department of Geography Education, Jeju National University)
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Journal of the Korean Geographical Society / v.46, no.4, 2011 , pp. 425-441 More about this Journal
Abstract
Ridge traversing trail in Mount Jiri National Park is classified as flat, gully-like, unilateral, and asymmetric bilateral, paths based on a location and gradient of paths. These types are interchangeable due to a drainage condition of trail surfaces. Using a rapid survey, the trail is 135.9 cm wide, 23.6 cm deep and $5.1^{\circ}$ in a gradient, respectively. All treads have been compacted due to human trampling. The path width is affected by a slope aspect and a distribution of Sasa borealis. An asymmetric path is wider than a symmetric path. A soil erosion rate is equivalent to $68.9cm^2/year$ for the period from 1960 to 2009, suggesting that the trail has been widened 2.7 cm/year and the tread lowered 0.4 cm/year. Trampling and needle ice action combined with rainwash induced by a pipeflow are dominant erosion processes contributing to the trail expansion.
Keywords
trail erosion; rapid survey; Ridge traversing trail; Mount Jiri National Park;
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