География

This article discusses the probability of long-term weather forecasts. For example, the long-term forecast of rainfalls the possibility of using assessment techniques to forecast short-term to the assessment of the probability of long-term forecasts.

The characteristics weather conditions and circulation processes during summer 2015 in Saratov are discussed. Their role in the formation of precipitation is estimated.

The article offers the typology of approaches to understanding and developing the «center-periphery» model. In general, these approaches can be divided into two groups: structural and functional approaches and the approaches based on relations between parts of the periphery of the system.

Article is devoted to history of creation of Institute of the steppe which is the only academic geographical institute in the Urals and in the Ural branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The article discusses the natural-administrative zoning of the Orenburg region, a brief physico-geographical and socio-economic characteristics of the 6 zones. By using a map method compare natural-administrative zoning, with administrative-territorial division and physical-geographical zoning and agricultural zoning of the Orenburg region.

In this article the author gives the analysis of the characteristics of devasted lands on the base of the field route research of Saratov’s territory. The types of devasted lands were discovered, their short description was composed, the area of each territory’s type was counted. The principal districts of the concentrationof the devasted lands are given, the specificity of their morphogenetic types, are examined.

The article presents an overview of the currently existing algorithms of various kinds’ areal anamorphosis creation. The authors reveal anamorphosis main features and provide graphical support of modeling results.

In the article was calculated the annual amplitude in air temperature for 12 stations the Middle Volga Region and the Lower Volga region for to assess the continentality of the region and defined indices of continentality of the climate in five formulas of different authors. The calculation allows to select Zavolzhsky districts of the Saratov and Volgograd regions in region with the most favorable conditions for the cultivation wheat of high-protein.

The article discusses changes in the ethnic diversity of regions of the Volga Federal District for the period of 1989–2010. The most and least ethnically heterogeneous regions are revealed. There is a growing heterogeneity in some regions. The article describes settlement of Russians throughout the subjects of the Volga Federal District. The changes in the urbanization of ethnic groups are shown.

The article presents the experience of overcoming of one of the most domestic internal educational risk – the risk of the number of entrants incompetence. Considered the possibility of GIS technologies introducing in the analysis of spatial distribution, quantity and quality of potential applicants with inspection board of geography faculty of Saratov State University as an example.