Abstract:Lishui River watershed is suffering from the most serious soil and water loss among the four rivers.Based on the principles of soil and water conservation regionalization,this paper carries on the soil and water conservation regionalization in Lishui River watershed using the principal component analy sis and cluster analysis.Results show that Lishui River watershed〔an be divided into the four areas of soil and water cornnervation.They are the comprehensive management area of agriculture,forestry,and herd with the severester crsion in Sangzhi mountains,the closing managementt area with severe erosion in Zhangjiajie medium mountains,the comprehensive management area of agriculture,forestry,and herd with moderate erosion in Shici lower mountains,and the comprehensive management area of agriculture with slight erosion clawn stream plains and hills.For all the advantages and disadvantages in the areas,the paper configures some comprehensive management models on soil and water conservation and presents some suggestions for sustainable development of the region.