FORECASTING GROUNDWATER OCCURRENCE IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA BASED ON SPACE IMAGERY

Abstract

A map of zones of probable groundwater occurrence in eastern Rostov Oblast was compiled on the basis of combined geostructural and landscape interpretation of space photographs and scanner imagery. A method of inferring hydrological information from features visible on space imagery (vegetation) was devised to identify potentially promising zones in terms of character of water mineralization and depth of groundwater occurrence.