IMPACT OF EXTRACTION OF MINERAL RESOURCES TO THE VEGETATION COVER IN AZERBAIJAN

Abstract

The north-eastern slope of the Minor Caucasus is one of the ecological tense areas in our republic. As can seen from the geobotany research data, the investigated area is subject to the vertical zonality law, and the alpine, subalpine grass and grassy steppe geosystems have been spread. Thus, high biological productivity, rich grass cover under the plant phytocenosis, the grassy mountain-meadow,  degenerated mountain-meadow, as the black land mountain-meadow lands are located.  The middle mountain range of this area, under mining companies, mezo-xerophyte in the forest and dry bush geosystem typical mountain-forest with high fertility, the brown mountain forest-brown, mountain-forest brown, typical mountain-forest brown and carbonate mountain-forest brown soils developed. With the development of the mining industry, 1600 hectares of land with such a rich plant potential, man-made geosystems have been created. In addition, in these areas, the rich vegetation is sparse, including, rough wooden pouch and replaced by interact plants, they do not have the power to prevent surface drainage.