Large-Scale Mapping of Modern Geomorphological Processes in the Central Russian Plain

A team of Russian geomorphologists outlines a method for the compilation of detailed, comprehensive maps of geomorphological processes (1:10,000 and 1:25,000) in support of environmental impact studies of forested areas in the central Russian Plain. The paper investigates whether the identification of regions of similar underlying conditions for the occurrence of a complex of geomorphological processes makes it possible to create a series of such maps for Russia's major geomorphological regions. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, VA from: Geografiya i prirodnyye resursy, 1997, No. 4, pp. 115-125.