Abstract: This paper investigated the situation of head-cuts in Xifeng area、Ning county and Qingcheng county on Dongzhiyuan, we carried out a detailed measurement and analysis of terrain characteristics on the gully heads ,and summarized the overall situation of head-cuts on Dongzhiyuan. On this basis we summed up the genetic types of head-cuts that include flow-induced types, sink hole-induced types, fissure-induced types and human-induced types, and analyzed each type.