The research objective was studying mountain meadow Alpine soils as natural systems formed on the slope of the northwest direction of one of the most sub-lime elements of Kuznetsk Alatau - M. Pustaskhyl. In administrative plan the territory belongs to Shirinsky area of the Republic of Khakassia. As the objects of the research mountain meadow Alpine soils created at the heights of 1345-1275 m above the sea level (54°n.l., 89 °e.l.) served. Five cuts were put within the interfaced row. According to the current soil classifications, the studied soils are classified as mountain-meadow. In the research the first systematization was used. Standard methods, techniques in soil science and the manage-ments were applied to the implementation of the tasks. In studied objects at the expense of moisture pro-accuracy signs of a gelling are expressed very vaguely, however, its surplus in the conditions of low tempera-tures of vegetative period causes a number of features, for example the formation coarse-grained humus, in the prevailing cases - hulling horizon, friable (density of addition of the top horizons less than 1 g/cm3), with the high content of organic carbon (to 23 %, across Tyurin) with domination of fulvic acids defining low values of reaction of the environment of soil profiles (pHwater 4.1-5.7 unit) and humus leaking. Brownish-brown soil mass of lying under horizons dense (1.21-1.57 g/cm3), heavy particle size distribution (heavy loam / light clay) with the existence of single inclusions and their congestions - not rounded lythomorph of various size and orientation. In general studied objects can be referred to classical mountain meadow Alpine soils with typical properties. The main processes forming soil profiles are accumula-tion of rough humus, hulling, ferruginisation. For studied objects vague signs of hulling, lack of podzolization and frosty deformations are typical.
mountain and meadow Alpine soils, the soils of highlands, Kuznetsk Alatau
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