Impact of Various Exposure Slopes on the Properties and Structure of the Soil Cover of the Gobustan Massif (Azerbaijan)

The structure of the soil cover of mountain gray-brown soils (Kastannozems) of the Gobustan massif is considered.. It was revealed that the diagnostic indicators of mountain gray-brown soils of sunny south-eastern exposure relative to the soils of shady north-western exposure have undergone changes - a decrease in the accumulative-humus horizon (AY = 15-20 cm), humus (1.0-1.5%), absorbed bases (15-18 mmol-eq) and, conversely, an increase in salinity (1.35-2.67%) and pH (8.5-9.0), a weakening of the granulometric composition (<0.01 mm = 38-45%; <0.001 mm = 35-41%), and an acceleration of erosion processes is also observed.