DYNAMICS OF FOREST VEGETATION DESTRUCTIONS IN THE MINERALS EXTRACTION AREA OF THE NORTHERN COPPER ZINC MINE IN THE SVERDLOVSK REGION

Abstract

Based on the Earth remote sensing data, the authors assessed the dynamics of forest vegetation area destructed under the impact of uncontrolled underspoil runoff from the Northern copper zinc mine in the northern Sverdlovsk Region. Interpretation of a series of satellite images for the period from 2009 to 2022 revealed an exponential increase in the destroyed forest vegetation area. The researchers designed a runoff digital model, which confirmed the correlation of vegetation destruction foci with specific landforms.

Keywords

• remote sensing
• satellite image interpretation
• hydrological analysis
• runoff model
• forest vegetation destruction
• ore mine