Pylypovych O. Environmental-geomorphologic monitoring of the Upper Dnister river basin systems.

In the paper the theoretical bases of environmental-geomorphologic monitoring (EGM) of the river basin systems have been substantiated, the scheme of EGM realization for the different order river basins of the Upper Dnister has been worked out. The parameters of denudation intensity within the catchments for the many-years period are calculated; the trends of their changes under impact of natural and man-made factors are ascertained. Based on the data of self-implemented observations and field investigations the impact of the forest economy and gravel-pits exploitation upon the development and activization of the exogenous processes in the model studied river basins have been evaluated. The using practicability of the obtained monitoring results for the geomorphologic processes regulation and nature-use optimization in the river basin systems of the Upper Dnister has been substantiated.