The invention discloses an early recognition method of a 
loess shallow 
landslide and belongs to the technical field of 
landslide prevention and 
control engineering. The method comprises the following steps that a, a basic 
terrain data including the slope of a 
landslide body alpha, the landslide area A, the upper 
trailing edge slope of the landslide body beta, the upper 
trailing edge area of the landslide body A<Lu> and the lower side slope of a free face gamma of the landslide body is determined according to field investigation survey; b, the upper slow factor U is calculated according to U=tan(alpha-beta)*(A<Lu> / A) ,wherein beta<alpha; c, when gamma>alpha, the landslide body has the free face, the 
terrain synthetic discrimination factor of the landslide body T is calculated through the formula T=tan(alpha)+1.25U; d, the risk grade of the 
loess shallow landslide is divided into low, medium and high three grades according to 
terrain synthetic discrimination factor of the landslide body T. The early recognition method of 
loess shallow landslide and the application can accurately classify the landslide risk in a quantitative way, and identify the early loess shallow landslide without a large amount of historical 
observation data of the landslide, the early warning reaction time is shortened and the disaster prevention suitability is greatly improved.