ANALYSIS AND COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTIC OF SOME PHYSICO-CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS IN THE ALLUVIAL-MEADOW-FOREST SOILS ALONG THE KUR RIVER

M.A.Mammadov,  F.V.Mammadova, Ch.A.Nasirova, R.A.Huseynov

Institute of Geography PLE, Ministry of Science and Education, Baku, Azerbaijan

mamed.1952@bk.ru

DOI: 10.59423/gnr.2026.23.99.002

Abstract. The aricle deals with the subtype of the same name of the alluvial-meadow-forest (Mollic Fluvisols) soil type formed in the floodplain along the Kur river. Though the subtype doesn’t surround a larger zone in the Kur river valley, it is formed in a long distance in the direction of river flow from west to east under different phytocenosis and intrazonal condition. Receiving many branches from the right and left in the middle flow of the river, changes in its chemical, fractional and phytocenotic composition of the Kur dependent materials led to quantitative and qualitative changes in physico-chemical and organic substances within the same subtype. A role of the relief and soilforming rocks is highly great in formation of alluvial-meadow-forest soils. Several physico-chemical indicators, including an amount and supply of total humus of the alluvial-meadow-forest soils have been compared with the soil monitoring. In recent years as a result of the Kur reduction of the Kur river, the water of the Caspean Sea enters the river delta and causes transformation of ecosystem in the surrounding areas.

Keywords: tugay forests, meadow-forest, humus, floodplain, degradation, salinization, bogging.

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Accepted for publication: November 20, 2025

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M.A.Mammadov,  F.V.Mammadova, Ch.A.Nasirova, R.A.Huseynov – Analysis and comparative characteristic of some physico-chemical compositions in the alluvial-meadow-forest soils along the Kur river. Geography and Natural Resources, №2 (24), 2025, pp. 8-13.