This study is aimed at a comprehensive assessment of the chemical composition of surface waters in the Turkestan region and their impact on regional landscapes. The primary objective of the research is to systematically evaluate the level of chemical pollution in the region’s water resources and determine its indirect effects on landscape-ecological stability. In August 2024, water samples fr…
Forest conservation in human-dominated tropical landscapes ensures provision of major ecosystem services. However, conservation goals are threatened by growing demands for agricultural products. As the expansion of agricultural frontiers continues to exert increasing pressure on forest cover, it is crucial to provide indicators on forest vulnerability to improve our understanding of forest dyna…
Landform maps are important tools in assessment of soil- and eco-hydrogeomorphic processes and hazards, hydrological modeling, and natural resources and land management. Traditional techniques of mapping landforms based on field surveys or from aerial photographs can be time and labor intensive, highlighting the importance of remote sensing products based automatic or semi-automatic approaches.…
The landscape, developed by the interaction of geological processes, is represented by Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) of various spatial resolutions. These DEMs can be variously analysed for the spatial and linear morphometric indices for landscape characterisation. We have developed MATLAB functions for extracting Hypsometric integral (Hi), Stream Length-gradient (SL) index, Normalized steepn…