Assessment of man-made transformation of river basins natural complexes (example of the river Kamenka, Altai)
The paper raises the problem of man-made transformations of the natural complexes in the Kamenka river basin. The natural structure of the landscapes for the area is examined, the changes in some their components are analyzed, including the impact of human activity. A component-based assessment was made for the degree of transformation of natural basin complexes, for which a point scale was introduced. The scores were summarized, and the natural complexes were ranked on the degree of their transformation from slightly modified to very heavily modified, in accordance with the scale proposed by B.I. Kochurov. Using the parameters of the resulting table, a map was drawn up assessing the anthropogenic transformation of landscapes in the basin of the river Kamenka, as well as a diagram of the distribution of natural complexes of the territory in accordance with the rank of their anthropogenic transformation.