Izvestiya of Saratov University.
Earth Sciences
ISSN 1819-7663 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1921 (Online)

landscape structure

Lysogorsky Plateau as Local Model of Landscapes of Southern Forest-Steppe of the Saratov Region

The question is problem of the structurally-dynamical school in landscape science. The estimation of region landscape structure is resulted on the example of the forest area in natural park «Kumysnaya polyana» by means of geophysical and biogeophysical indicators. The Lysogorsky plateau near Saratov-city is considered as a small local landscape model of southern forest-steppe of the Saratov region.

Facies structure of the chalk natural landmark of the nature monument “Chalk slopes with calcephil plants near town Volsk”

The article presents the results of landscape-ecological studies of the site of the natural monument “Chalk slopes with calcephil plants near town Volsk” in the Saratov region. For the first time, the facies rows of the chalk buttes of the Volsky Pre-Volga region are identified, their characteristics are presented, and the conservational risks to calciphytic diversity are indicated.