MORPHOSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF COASTAL ZONE OF KHERSON REGION, UKRAINE

Abstract

The connection between tectonic conditions of development and geomorphological features of the coast of Kherson region was analyzed in the relevant article. Geomorphological features of coastal zone were considered from the position of block structure of Karkinit-Sivash system of troughs. For the first time the attention was referred to the tectonic dependence of morphological and morphostructural features of coastal zone of research region. It was established that the mosaic of natural environment is typical feature for coasts of the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, which is caused by a variety of land structures and features of physiographical development. Analysis of tectonic conditions and geomorphological features of coastal zone of the region of our study allowed us to determine that the system of Karkinitsky-Syvash deflections is divided by the faults into separate block structures that develop in different speed mode of tectonic movements. That’s why the character of morphosculptural systems, which are widely spread within the relevant morphostructures are directly related to the tectonic conditions.