By using the softwares of RS, GIS and Fragstats, the relationship between soil type and landscape pattern, landscape indices in Liling City was studied. The result showed that: (1) the major soil types in Liling City were red soil and paddy soil , and landscape types were dominated by wood land and paddy field. There were obvious differences in landscape patch types in the different soil types; (2) landscape diversity in- dex and evenness of land use were as the order of purple soil area~paddy soil area~red soil area~river allu- vial soil ...