Open AccessEnvironmental Rehabilitation of Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain
Author(s) -
V V Kalinin,
V.F. Loboyko,
O A Solovyova,
M A Likhomanova,
A Y Ovcharova,
А.V. Loboyko
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/828/1/012012
Subject(s) - floodplain , flood myth , environmental science , ecosystem , volga region , hydrology (agriculture) , ecosystem services , water resource management , geography , ecology , geology , archaeology , biology , geotechnical engineering , history , ethnology , cartography
The research considers the water bodies of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain requiring an optimal hydrological regime, aimed at preserving floodplain oak groves, soil fertility, spawning sites and at the development of the territory agricultural potential. New solutions are presented, aimed at complex approach to floodplain territory rehabilitation, at minimization of floodplain degradation and at its restoration, instead of traditional hydro-mechanized work on cleaning tracts, eriks and lakes of the floodplain. A phased restoration of the floodplain natural state and creation of balanced ecosystem with an operating self-purification mechanism are planned as a result of the proposed measures being implemented. These measures enable to increase the acreage of irrigated lands for vegetable crops by accumulating spring flood waters in the water bodies of Volga-Akhtuba floodplain.