柴沟流域位于青海省民和回族土族自治县中部,属黄土丘陵沟壑区第四副区,系湟水水系隆治沟的一条支沟.流域面积38平方公里,水土流失面积占91.8%.流域内总人口6531人,耕地23000亩.过去因水土流失严重,农业生产发展缓慢.自1982年列为治理试点以来,经过五年的艰苦努力,到1986年巳累计治理水土流失面积24.87平方公里.占水土流失面积的71.26%.五年新增治理面积21.9平方公里,年平均治理进度为12.6%,治理效益十分明显. Located in the middle part of Minhe Hui Autonomous County, Qinghai Province, Chabagou basin belongs to the fourth sub-district of loess hilly and gully region and is a branch ditch of Luguanggou water system, covering an area of ​​38 square kilometers with an area of ​​soil and water loss accounting for 91.8%. With a population of 6,531 and a cultivated area of ​​23,000 mu, agricultural production has been slow in the past due to the serious soil erosion, which has accumulated 24.87 square kilometers of land and water after 1986 as a result of five years of hard work. Loss of 71.26% of the area of ​​five years of new governance area of ​​21.9 square kilometers, the average annual progress of 12.6% governance, governance benefits are obvious.