Abstract
The subfield of engineering geography is viewed as concerned with the interaction of man-made structures and the natural environment. The article focuses on the engineering-geographic problems that may arise in the course of operation of a large mining enterprise, with particular reference to the apatite mines of the Kola Peninsula in northern European Russia. The issues include such natural hazards as snow avalanches, mudflows and flooding of mines, and the problems of huge tailing heaps, some of them situated on mountain slopes and representing a potential rock creep hazard.
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