Five-Year-Long Change in the Salinity of Soils and Sediments on Rice Fields of the Karkinit Lowland after Cessation of Irrigation
Journal: Eurasian Soil Science
Year: 2021

The aim of this study is to present data on the salinity status of soils, sediments, and groundwater on irrigated rice fields of the Karkinit Lowland in Krasnoperekopskii district of Crimea in 2015–2018, 2–5 years after the irrigation stopped. Most of solonetzic microcatenas were transformed into rice paddies and irrigated by flooding during half a century; as a result, the soils were leached from soluble salts to a depth of 3–3.5 m. In 2015–2018, the groundwater table dropped below the critical