Provincial and Intra-Provincial Landscapes-Analogues in the Lake Teletskoye Basin (Russian Altai)

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to show the specificity of landscapes-analogues within a large mountain lake basin – the Teletskoye Lake basin (Russian Altai). Materials and methods. The study is based on the author's long-term work in the Lake Teletskoye basin, as a result of which more than 300 landscape descriptions were made, large-scale landscape maps were made for key areas. Results and discussion. In the Lake Teletskoye basin (Russian Altai), located within three physiographic provinces, provincial analogues at the level of landscape types represented in all three provinces are 2, in the North-Eastern and Eastern Altai provinces – 12, in the Eastern and South-Eastern Altai provinces – 6. There are no analogues occurring only in the North-Eastern and South-Eastern Altai provinces. Among the intra-provincial geosystems-analogues in the Lake Teletskoye basin the geosystems of lake terraces and peat bogs are of the greatest interest. Conclusions. The study shows that the concept of «landscapes-analogues», introduced into scientific discourse by F.N. Milkov, has great prospects for systematising information on the spatial and spatio-temporal organisation of geosystems. In addition, the refraction of the concept of factorial-dynamic series by V. B. Sochava – A. A. Krauklis seems promising in the context of the issues under consideration.