Проблема проведения границы между среднегорьем и высокогорьем на примере дешифрирования космоснимков Передового хребта Карачаево-Черкесии

Abstract

The work is based on field research and interpretation of aerial photographs covering typical areas of the Peredovoy ridge. The morphostructure of the Peredovoy ridge is located between the morphostructures of the Glavny ridge in the south and the North Jurassic depression in the north. The main features of the study area are mountainous relief in combination with a complex and contrasting composition of the lithogenic base, different types of altitudinal zonation, which create a high species diversity of biota. Compilation of new and moderate exploitation of existing tourist complexes of the North Caucasus is impossible without the help of new detailed landscape maps. Using the original published materials and his own experience, the author of the study proposes an improved methodology for landscape mapping for mountain areas using the interpre-tation of aerial photographs, covering the characteristic areas of the Peredovoy ridge. The obtained data and conclusions can be used for geoecological purposes, in monitoring the natural environment, to optimize the use of natural resources, as well as in planning the recreational and mining-industrial development of the high-mountain belt of the Peredovoy ridge and similar morphostructures.