Relief influence on plant cover of Zangilan District

Abstract

The article is an analytical review of the literature that considers the influence of relief on the spatial
distribution of individual plants and plant communities. Since time immemorial, man has learned to
use the unevenness of the earth's surface, whether it be convenient bays or fertile valleys. The
position in the relief plays an important role for representatives of the flora. Acting not directly, but
indirectly, through the transformation of the main climate factors, it has a noticeable effect on the
formation of vegetation types. In the article, each of the morphometric indicators of the relief of the
vegetation cover of the studied region was analyzed in the ArcMap program. The influence of these
parameters on vegetation was studied separately. Slope exposures are of great importance for the
life cycle of plants. The steepness of the slope affects the species composition and structure of
phytochromes. Also, the article discusses the current ecological state of the pearl of the forests of
Europe and the South Caucasus - the eastern plane tree. As a result of the intensive and illegal
logging of these forests by the Armenian Republic, their area has significantly decreased, and ways
of their restoration are also being considered.