Assessment of the disturbance of peat bogs of the Mogilev region

Abstract

The analysis of high- and ultra-high-resolution satellite images of 1,385 peat bogs (with an area of more than 10 hectares) located on the territory of the Mogilev region of the Republic of Belarus showed that about 37 % of the total area of 221 thousand hectares of peat bogs were preserved in their natural state, the rest was subjected to hydraulic reclamation. The share of drained lands with peat soils of agricultural use was about 30 %, covered with forest vegetation - about 7 %, disturbed swamps - 26 %.

Keywords

• satellite images
• natural swamp
• disturbed swamp
• drained lands with peat soils
• covered with forest vegetation