Geology, geography and global energy

Scientific and Technical Journal

CURRENT STATE OF WATER RESOURCES OF THE ILMEN-BUGROV PLAIN OF THE ASTRAKHAN CASPIAN SEA

2019. №4, pp. 116-124

Bystrova Inna V. - Ph. D. in Geology and Mineralogy, Associate Professor, Astrakhan State University, 1 Shaumyana Sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, Juliet_23@mail.ru

Smirnova Tatyana S. - Ph. D. in Geology and Mineralogy, Associate Professor, Astrakhan State University, 1 Shaumyana Sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, Juliet_23@mail.ru

The relevance lies in the fact that due to the aridization of the climate, the negative impact on the water resources of the Caspian sea increases. As a result of long-term researches of this territory of water ecosystems-the territories located in near-Arctic areas, catastrophic changes of the majority of many components of a landscape under the influence of anthropogenic loading that leads to violation of their integrity, weakening of potential opportunities and even to complete disappearance are noted. The Authors note that the further use of the subsurface areas will lead to complete degradation of the ilmeni, and the increasing anthropogenic load will be the main cause of the death of a unique component of the landscape-the ilmeni. It should be emphasized that the livelihoods of the local population is directly related to the water ilmeni, which are both a source of drinking water supply and habitat of the organic world.

Key words: ильмень, аридизация климата, водные ресурсы, ландшафт, ильменно-бугровая равнина, межень, бугры Бэра, Ilmen, climate aridization, water resources, landscape, Ilmen-hill plain, mezhen, Bera hills

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