ECOLOGICAL-AND-GEOMORPHOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF THE NORTH-WESTERN CAUCASUS AND ITS TYPOLOGY

H. Sh. Zaburaeva; E. V. Krasnov

doi:10.15356/0435-4281-2015-1-41-47

ECOLOGICAL-AND-GEOMORPHOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF THE NORTH-WESTERN CAUCASUS AND ITS TYPOLOGY

H. Sh. Zaburaeva, E. V. Krasnov

https://doi.org/10.15356/0435-4281-2015-1-41-47

Full Text:

PDF (Rus) |

Generate QR code

Abstract

The typology and spatial mapping of ecological-geomorphologic systems of the North-Eastern Caucasus are firstly presented. They are characterized by the unity of the geological-geomorphological and anthropogenic conditions and arising geo-ecological situations.

A comparison the types of ecological-geomorphologic systems on the degree of anthropogenic load and indicators of intensity of ecological-economic conditions of the territories allowed to reveal differences geo-ecological situations in the most developed and industrialized regions of North-East Caucasus. Calculated indexes geo-ecological sustainability for each type of ecological-geomorphologic system are compared. The highest index in the highland and lowland types - the territories of forest and meadow lands. The lowest indexes of stability are obtained for the lowland type, almost devoid of greenery.

The method of scoring in midland and mountainous types of ecological-geomorphologic systems it is demonstrated the prevalence exogeodynamic processes, which are related not only with natural, but anthropogenic factors, including avalanches, landslides, mudflows, seismicity and other. Not so much these processes are expressed in areas that are attributable to the low mountain and lowland. But as a result of considerable anthropogenic pressure (mainly on land resources) there are high levels of absolute and relative tension ecological-economic conditions of the territory.

Keywords

ecological-geomorphologic systems, Caucasus, geo-ecological situations, ecological-economic tensions, sustainability

About the Authors

H. Sh. Zaburaeva

Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad
Russian Federation

E. V. Krasnov

Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad
Russian Federation

References

1. Antropogennaya geomorfologiya (Anthropogenic geomorphology) Likhacheva EA, Palienko VP, Spasskaya II, Ed Moscow: Media-PRESS (Publ), 2013, 416 p

2. Gaidarov BG Formation and distribution of mudflows in Dagestan, in Selevye potoki: katastrofy, risk, prognoz, zaschita (Proc Intern Symp Pyatigorsk) In-t Sevkavgiprovodkhoz (Publ), 2008, pp 155–157

3. Gerasimov IP Novye puti v geomorfologii i paleogeografii (New ways in geomorphology and paleogeography) Moscow: Nauka (Publ), 1976, 400 p

4. Gerasimov IP Problemy globalnoj geomorfologii: sovremennaya geomorfologiya i teoriya mobilizma v geologicheskoj istorii Zemli (Problems of global geomorphology: contemporary geomorphology and mobilism theory in the Earth geological history) Moscow: Nauka (Publ), 1986, 207 p

5. State report “O sostoyanii zaschity naseleniya i territorii Chechenskoj Respubliki ot chrezvychaynykh situatsij prirodnogo i tekhnogennogo kharaktera” (Concerning conditions of Chechen Republic population and territory protection against emergency situations of natural or industrial character) Groznyj: GU MCS Rossii po Chechenskoj Respublice (Publ), 2012, 51 p

6. State report “O sostoyanii okruzhayuschej sredy Respubliki Ingushetiya v 2012 godu” (Concerning environmental conditions in the Ingushetiya Republic in 2012) Magas: Komitet Respubliki Ingushetiya po ekologii i prirodnym resursam (Publ), 2013, 144 p

7. Kalmykov NP Geologic relief analysis as the base of ecological safety of territory, in Sovremennye problemy geologii, geofiziki i geoekologii Severnogo Kavkaza (Proc All-Russ Sci-tech Symp) Groznyj: AN Chechenskoj Respubliki, 2011, pp 415–423 (In Russ)

8. Kerimov IA, Gaisumov MYa, Akhmatkhanov RS Maps of seismic zoning of the Caucasus: concerning design history in Sovremennye problemy geologii, geofiziki i geoekologii Severnogo Kavkaza (Proc All-Russ Sci-tech Symp) Groznyj: AN Chechenskoj Respubliki, 2011, pp 20–31 (In Russ)

9. Kovalchuk IP Regional ecologic-geomorphologic analysis of cultivated landscapes: matter, subject, tasks, problems, in Inzhenerno-geograficheskie problemy sovremennosti (Scient Abstr Intern Conf) St Petersburg: Izd-vo RGO (Publ), 1995, pp 146–148 (In Russ)

10. Kochurov BI Ekodiagnostika i sbalansirovannoe razvitie: echebnoe posobie (Ecologic diagnostics and sustainable development: study guide) Moscow–Smolensk: Madzhenta (Publ), 2003, 384 p

11. Kruzhalin VI Ekologicheskaya geomorfologiya sushi (na primere Rossii) (Ecologic geomorphology of land (case of Russia)) Thesis Diss Moscow: MGU (Publ), 2000, 37 p

12. Likhacheva EA Anthropogenic-geomorphologic systems, in Geomorfologicheskie sistemy: svojstva, ierarkhiya, organizovannost (Geomorphologic systems: features, hierarchy, organization) Moscow: Media-PRESS (Publ), 2010, pp 176–181 (In Russ)

13. Likhacheva EA, Timofeyev DA Ekologicheskaya geomorfologiya: slovar-spravochnik (Ecological geomorphology: glossary-guide) Moscow: Media-PRESS (Publ), 2004, 240 p

14. Simonov YuG, Simonova TYu Fundamental problems of anthropogenic geomorphology Geomorfologiya (Geomorphology RAS), 2013, no 3, pp 3–11 (In Russ)

15. Simonov YuG, Timofeyev DA Geomorphology and environmental studying problems Izv Akad Nauk SSSR, Ser Geogr, 1989, no 4, pp 8–15 (In Russ)

16. Chistobaev AI, Krasovskaya OV, Skaterschikov SV Territorialnoe planirovanie na urovne subjektov Rossii (Territorial planning on Russian regions level) StPetersburg: Inkeri (Publ), 2010, 295 p

Review

For citations:

Zaburaeva H.Sh., Krasnov E.V. ECOLOGICAL-AND-GEOMORPHOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF THE NORTH-WESTERN CAUCASUS AND ITS TYPOLOGY. Geomorfologiya. 2015;(1):41-47. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/0435-4281-2015-1-41-47