Альпы и Кавказ — эстетика рельефа

Аннотация

The first attempt to evaluate the aesthetic features of mountain relief of Alps and Caucasus has been made on the base of simple morphometric characteristics. The necessity and methodic of such evaluation are discussed. Parameters like maximum altitudes, the depth of valleys, extension of seashore etc. may correlate with beauty of relief. Parameters compared were normalized, the maximum value was taken as l00%. In contrary to common opinion Alps exceeds Caucasus by many characteristics. Taken aesthetic attribute of Alps for 100%, Caucasus appears to have only 76%.