Typology of the Depression Morphosculptures of the Dry Steppe Subzone of Ukraine
Journal: Ukrainian geographical journal
Year: 2026

The dry-steppe subzone of Ukraine is characterized by a pronounced distribution of closed depressions of exogenous origin—depression morphosculptures. The formation of such depressions is primarily due to the spread of loess and loess-loamy rocks, but other factors also play a role. Closed depressions are especially developed on the territory of the loess plateau in the Dnipro-Molochna interfluve and on the territory of the Left bank of the Lower Dnipro, including the territory of the Oleshkivsk