GULLY MODELING FOR FOREST RECLAMATION PURPOSES
- Land Reclamation, Recultivation, and Land Protection
Results of integrated field research on study the degree of transformation of morphological features of soils in zones of hydrogenic influence of Krasnodar Water Reservoir are presented. Morphological features of direct and indirect effects of large hydraulic structures on soil properties and adjacent areas are identified. It was determined that close to the bluff of water reservoir, where in June the area free from water, the height of the willows and the projective grass cover reach their maximum values (18 m and 100 %, respectively). The land areas released from water in August and September are populated by single pioneer species. At the rest of the territory the stunted willows dominate, which height and density increase from water to the direction of the original bank.