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O. Mishchenko, V. Fenko, WATER SPRINGS OF VOLYN REGION, THEIR CLASSIFICATION AND SPATIAL LOCATION

O. Mishchenko

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6801-7197

V. Fenko

Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Lutsk, Ukraine

WATER SPRINGS OF VOLYN REGION, THEIR CLASSIFICATION AND SPATIAL LOCATION

Abstract:

The scientific interest in the study of water sources is related to their recreational, environmental and sacred significance, as well as the prospect of use in the drinking water supply. The object of this study is the natural water springs of the Volyn region. The methodological basis is a combination of geographical and environmental approaches used in the investigation of the interaction of man and nature. The scientific novelty of the research is the application of a scientific approach to the study of water springs in the Volyn region not only as factors in maintaining water balance but also as objects of worship. The study of geological and hydrogeological preconditions for the formation of water springs in the Volyn region shows that the groundwater of the study area belongs to the bicarbonate class, a group of calcium mainly of the first or second type. The existing classifications of water springs are generalized and adapted to the conditions of Volyn region. The classification of water springs is made on the following features: the direction of water flow, the peculiarity of functioning, the nature of use, hydrological conditions, chemical composition and the level of sacredness. According to the results of the study, it was established that within the study area there were 81 functioning springs, 52 of which are consecrated. The spatial location of water springs in the Volyn region has been studied in the structure of physical and geographical areas. It is established that the largest share of them was formed in Verkhnoprypiatskyi (19), Liubomlsko-Kovelskyi (18) and Turiisko-Rozhyshchenskyi (15) physical-geographical districts. Some consecrated water springs of the Volyn region, which are used as objects of worship, are described, in particular in the villages: Telchi, Vorotniv, Hirka Polonka, Hremiache, Sokil.
The widespread disappearance of natural water springs in the Volyn region is due to the natural and anthropogenic factors and is associated not only with their pollution, siltation, drying but also with the depletion of groundwater. In order to preserve and reproduce water springs, we advise continuing to work on their arrangement, to intensify the organization of operational and long-term forecasts of environmental change, monitoring of chemical and biological pollution, certification, and creation of protected areas within them.
Keywords: water spring, groundwater, classification, Volyn region.

Language: Ukrainian

DOI: http://doi.org/10.17721/1728-2721.2021.80-81.6

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Mishchenko O., Fenko V., 2021. Water springs of Volyn region, their classification and spatial location. Visnyk Kyivskogo nacionalnogo universytetu imeni Tarasa Shevchenka, Geografiya [Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Geography], 3/4 (80/81), 36-40 (in Ukrainian, abstr. in English), DOI: 10.17721/1728-2721.2021.80-81.6

Received Editorial Board 13.05.2021
Accepted for publication 09.11.2021