Abstract
The article presents the results of a research study of anthropogenic affects of gold mining on forest landscapes in Northern Transbaikalia, Russia and processes of natural reclamation of vegetation cover of the disturbed areas. The study area is located northwest of the Maliy Amalat River, which flows along the Vitim Plateau; in the floodplains of its two tributaries the Aunik River and the Bagdarin River. It is an area where a large number of alluvial gold deposits have been discovered. Some of these deposits are currently being developed, some have already been explored, and some have been abandoned. The authors consider the current state of vegetation cover in a key area of the Amalat River basin, near villages of Malovsky and Bagdarin. The problem of natural resources development and conservation is becoming extremely important for the area under study because open-pit gold mining methods that are used here drastically change the environment and affect water, land and forest resources.
Highlights
The article presents the results of a research study of anthropogenic affects of gold mining on forest landscapes in Northern Transbaikalia, Russia and processes of natural reclamation of vegetation cover of the disturbed areas
The study area is located northwest of the Malyi Amalat River, which flows along the Vitim Plateau, at the confluence of its two tributaries the Aunik and Bagdarinka Rivers, where a large number of alluvial gold deposits is located (Fig.)
Anthropogenic landscapes appear in areas of destroyed ground, and their lithogenic basis is totally changed as a result of mining equipment usage
Summary
The article presents the results of a research study of anthropogenic affects of gold mining on forest landscapes in Northern Transbaikalia, Russia and processes of natural reclamation of vegetation cover of the disturbed areas. The study area is located northwest of the Malyi Amalat River, which flows along the Vitim Plateau, at the confluence of its two tributaries the Aunik and Bagdarinka Rivers, where a large number of alluvial gold deposits is located (Fig.) Extensive development of the gold-mining industry over the period of two hundred years resulted in transformation of large territories of the region under study, and led to degradation and landscape pollution.
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