Anthropogenic landscapes
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Find 5 anthropogenic landscapes where you live and write each one's Milkov class.
For example: cotton field (agricultural), highway (linear-road), canal (water), park (recreational), residential area (settlement).
2
Irrigated land is 12 000 ha out of 48 000 ha of farmland. What percent is irrigated? (Number only.)
25
3
Why is restoring disturbed land costly? Give two reasons.
Recreating soil and plant cover and levelling relief needs a lot of funds; cleaning pollution and restoring the water regime is also complex.
4
Choose one geotechnical system (canal, reservoir or factory) and tabulate its technical and natural parts.
Canal: technical – lining, gates, pump; natural – water, bank vegetation, soil, groundwater.
5
Plan 3 steps to turn a quarry site into a cultural landscape.
1) Level and make the slopes safe; 2) bring soil and plant trees or grass; 3) set up the water regime and create a lake or park.