THE ANALYSIS OF ANTHROPOGENIC LOAD ON AGRICULTURAL GEOSYSTEMS OF NORTH KAZAKHSTAN REGION

The article discusses the current state of the agricultural landscapes of the North Kazakhstan region – the leading agricultural producer of the Republic. The main problems of the region became soil digression and pasture degradation as a result of the total plowing of natural landscapes and their replacement by agrolandscapes and extensive land use. The study revealed that the region’s plowed geosystems are characterized by excessive loosening, which is reflected in a decrease in the humus content, a decrease in nutrients and a high degree of cultivation. The removal of humus and nutrients is partially offset by mineral fertilizers, but it is not able to compensate for the losses. Pasture degradation is reflected in a reduction in the area of hayfields and an increase in the load on conserved grasslands. To determine the load, the areas of low– degraded and highly degraded lands are correlated. By means of a comparative analysis, it was determined that the land fund of the region has an extremely “non– ecological” structure of agricultural land, dominating arable land. It was concluded that one of the measures to improve the state of agrolandscapes should be the optimization of north– turn and the positive balance of nutrients.

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