On the essence and place- of system approach in geomorphology (alter the conference on geomorphological theory in Novosibirsk)

Abstract

Attempts to apply the systems theory techniques to geomorphological studies are critically revised. The system approach is but one of ways to the relief's knowledge, it cannot substitute for other traditional branches of theoretical and regional geomorphology, neither can it be a subject of a study. The relief as subject of the geomorphology may be formalized and presented as geosystems of various order. The formalization and the system approach can produce and result only on the condition that the aims of the analysis are strictly defined.