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The study on the relationship between avalanche activity and transformation of vegetation (on the example of Southern Elbrus vicinity)

E. V. Kyul

Kabardin-Balkar Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Center of Geographic Researches, 360002, KBR, Nalchik, 2, Balkarov street

Abstract: The article discusses some of the results of the analysis of the relationship between the change of avalanche activity and the transformation of landscapes with consideration of human activity impacts on the selected area (the upper flow of Baksan river) over a long period of time (from the 80-ies of the last century). The results of this research can be used for numerical integral estimate of the actual avalanche danger of southern Elbrus vicinity.

Keywords: avalanche action, avalanche activity, transformation of landscape, geoecological monitoring, hazardous natural processes (HNP), avalanche containment construction, landslide structures (LS), avalanche intentional triggering (AIT), potential and actual avalanche danger, geosystem, numerical integral evaluation of the degree of danger of geosystems.

UDC: 911.5+551.3

Received: 10.11.2015

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