Open AccessCartographic analysis of the distribution of degraded lands (on the example of the Рoltava region)
Author(s) -
S. P. Lashko,
Inna Shelkovska,
Nadiia Halchenko,
Olena Klyuka
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
zbìrnik naukovih pracʹ ukraïnsʹkoï deržavnoï akademìï zalìzničnogo transportu/zbìrnik naukovih pracʹ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-3795
pISSN - 1994-7852
DOI - 10.18664/1994-7852.197.2021.248332
Subject(s) - watershed , zoning , hydrology (agriculture) , erosion , distribution (mathematics) , agricultural land , land degradation , soil salinity , geography , environmental science , land use , agriculture , soil water , physical geography , water resource management , geology , soil science , archaeology , geomorphology , mathematical analysis , civil engineering , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , engineering , machine learning , computer science , political science , law
Cartographic analysis can be considered as one of the means of the land monitoringsystem, in particular, by the distribution of degradation processes. The work is proposed to createfor regions of cartogram of total distribution of degraded agricultural land and cartograms offraction of agricultural lands that have undergone water and wind erosion, acidification, salinization,with indispensable drawing on these cartograms of the river network scheme.
The zoning of the Poltava region is presented and analyzed in terms of the total distribution ofdegraded agricultural land, as well as separately by the particles of water, wind erosion,acidification, salinization.According to the relative distribution of degraded agricultural lands (without taking intoaccount the overlap of various types of degradation) within the Poltava region, there are 2 groups ofdistricts of increased land degradation: 1) northern (covers 7 districts – Pyriatyn, Chornukhy, Lubny,Lokhvytsia, Myrhorod, Hadiach, Zinkiv) and 2) southeastern (covers 3 districts – Kobeliaky, NoviSanzhary and Mashivka).Water erosion is inherent in districts with significant difference in heights and largest forestcover. This is primarily Dykanka, Zinkiv, Reshetylivka districts (watershed between rivers of Psel andVorskla), Lokhvytsia and Chornukhy districts (watershed between rivers of Sula and Udai) and theChutove district (watershed between rivers of Vorskla and Orel). Wind erosion covers predominantlynorthwestern, north and southeastern districts – Pyriatyn, Chornukhy, Hrebinka, Lokhvytsia,Hadiach, Mashivka, Novi Sanzhary.Cartograms of distribution of degraded land are supplemented by the river network on them.The method of their creation is described. The cartographic method is substantiated by theinterconnection of the districts of increased acidification of soils with basins of the rivers Udai andVorskla, and the districts of minimum acidification of soils – with the basin of the river Khorol.Salinization of soils of the Poltava region should be associated, obviously not with superficial,and with groundwater. In the future, it is recommended to use for a cartographic analysis of thedistribution of degraded lands additionally maps of groundwater hydroisogyps.