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Specific Features of the Soil Cover of Recreation Areas in Leningrad Oblast

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Studies of soils and soil cover of recreation zones were carried out in Leningrad oblast in areas located near various water bodies: rivers, lakes, the Gulf of Finland, and flooded quarries. Based on satellite images, the main indicative features of recreation zones were determined. Similar features of the transformation of soils and soil cover of recreation zones in various landscapes of Leningrad oblast were revealed. Recreation loads lead to significant changes in the natural soil cover patterns and the appearance of new anthropogenic soil cover patterns, which usually display a geometrically regular shape. In anthropogenically modified landscapes, under the influence of recreation activities, new non-contrasting soil combinations close to natural tachettes are formed along the network of small paths; contrasting soil combinations (soil complexes) are formed along the network of dirt roads or firebreaks; and contrasting soil combinations of larger scale (soil association) are formed along reclamation ditches and old military trenches. In recreation areas along the banks of abandoned flooded quarries and in overgrown areas, non-contrasting soil combinations of the type of tachettes are formed; contrasting soil combinations (complexes) are formed along the road network, and soil associations are formed along reclamation ditches. Soil combinations of micromosaic type are found in the areas with fire pits, where pyrogenically transformed soils of 0.1–0.6 m2 in size are surrounded by slightly disturbed natural soils. The identified anthropogenic soil cover patterns in recreation areas have no analogues among natural soil cover patterns. The typology of soil combinations in anthropogenically modified landscapes requires further elaboration.

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Zakharova, M.K., Morgach, Y.R. Specific Features of the Soil Cover of Recreation Areas in Leningrad Oblast. Eurasian Soil Sc. 56 (Suppl 2), S202–S213 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229323601506

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