Current state of desertification of winter pastures in the Kura basin

Abstract

It was determined that the semi-desert and dry-steppe landscapes of the area are subject to overloading in the winter months of the year, and the rural grazing areas throughout the year due to their poor stability. As a result of this process, in semi-desert and dry-steppe landscapes with low natural recovery properties, erosion-denudation, development of salinization processes, change of plant species composition, surface physical fragmentation, soil compaction, reduction of soil-vegetation bio-productivity occur which appear as hotbeds of desertification.