Damage of check dams by extreme rainstorms on the Chinese Loess Plateau: A case study in the Chabagou watershed

Yanfen Yang is an assistant researcher at State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China. Suhua Fu (corresponding author) and Baoyuan Liu are professors at Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS, Yangling, Shaanxi, China. They are also the professors at Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. Baoyang Sun is an assistant researcher at Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Yangtze River Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan, China. Chenguang Liu is a PhD student at State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China. Zhongyu Wang is a graduate student at State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China. Sinan Wu is a PhD student at Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.