DYNAMICS OF FOREST VEGETATION DESTRUCTIOS IN THE AREA ADJAICENT TO THE COPPER MINE IN THE SVERDLOVSK REGION
Journal: Forest science issues
Year: 2023

The study represents spatial and temporal analysis of the consequences of water pollution leading to vegetation destruction, caused by uncontrolled underspoil drain from a copper mine in the north of the Sverdlovsk region, based on GIS methods and satellite remote sensing data. Based on a 1:25 000 topography map DEM with filled sinks we built a flow accumulation model a watershed map. Examining the satellite imagery of the area dated from 2009 to 2023 we have noticed a distinct pattern of the ve