ECOGEOGRAPHICAL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE DEVELOPMENTOF TERRITORIES LOCATED AT A HYPSOMETRIC ALTITUDE OF 200-500 METERS OF THE NORTH-EASTERN SLOPES OF THE GREATER CAUCASUS (WITHIN AZERBAIJAN)

Abstract

In recent years, due to the development in various sectors of the economy and the implementation of ongoing economic and infrastructural projects, the changes in the natural and geographical environment on the northeastern slope of the mountain geosystem of the Greater Caucasus have caused some ecogeographic problems. The paper reviews the results of changes of varying degree related to closer population living, over a long historical period, on favorable hypsometric territories at a height of 200-500 m. The scientific foundations of the measures necessary to optimize the ecogeographical problems that have arisen as a result of intensive development of the territory are indicated, including in water basins, in the atmosphere, and in soils and vegetation cover.