GIS-based landscape management of the Uzh river basin: a strategy to enhance river water quality
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https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2023.04.043Keywords:
erosion, landscape stabilization, radioactive contamination, spatial analysis, surface water, trophosaprobological state, water qualityAbstract
The article includes the findings of a study on the Uzh River basin’s surface water’s quality. This region is extremely important because a fraction of it is radioactively contaminated because of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident. Considering this, the goal of this work was to conduct a geo-informational analysis of the state and structure of the landscapes of the Uzh River basin, to identify the surface water quality parameters of this region, and to identify potential correlations between these parameters. For this purpose, we spatially divided the territory of the basin into separate massifs, in each of which, using the method of automatic decoding, we determined the ratio of the structural components of landscapes, their disturbance by erosion processes, and compared them with ground data on the quality of surface water of the massifs. According to the salt composition, all the investigated massifs have good quality conditions. The Uzh River and its tributaries should be categorized as 4 (slightly polluted) based on the average values of the trophosaprobological state, but the extreme values in some places shifted to 5 (moderately polluted). Most of the listed toxic substances were present at average levels and, for the most part, did not exceed the permitted concentrations for category 4-slightly polluted. Extreme concentrations frequently reached category 6 (polluted), which was primarily brought on by anthropogenic activity and the buildup of radioactive materials. It was found that the degree of erosive landscape destruction and the degree of landscape stabilization significantly influence the value of the integrated water quality index. Since the collected data, a three-dimensional model was developed, allowing for accurate evaluations and projections of changes in the quality of surface water based on the structural characteristics of the land shafts. Considering that some of these territories are currently in the zone of radioactive contamination, the planning of changes in the landscape structure should be coordinated with the potential risks of surface water quality deterioration, and the model proposed in this article will have significant applied value in addressing this issue.References
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