Аннотация:http://geocnt.geonet.ru/en/landscapes_classification_first.step
The Hierarchical Soil-Landscape classification system is presented on the site in an interactive format, which makes it user-friendly. The zero level of the classification system is represented by the initial set of all natural landscapes of the Earth with and without soils. At levels I, II and III, the classification features are, respectively, the composition of landscape elements (soil presence/absence), the stability/variability of the vertical structure of landscapes and its type. Further landscapes are divided in accordance with the basic properties of their main elements, which determine the basic properties of the soil. Sequential division of landscapes with soils means simultaneous sequential division of soils, therefore the classification system combines two classification systems - landscape and soil. In the process of classification, the soil and landscapes are divided into classes and subclasses (in accordance with the rules of logical division of concepts) until the individual (individual) landscapes and soils, characterized by the uniformity of all its properties, are achieved. By natural landscape is meant a material system consisting of interacting and interdependent elements, which are material substances with homogeneous properties. The main elements of the natural landscape are rocks, air, water and organisms (living and dead), of which soil is derived. The natural landscape is characterized by a vertical structure - a certain sequence of horizontal layers of its elements. The boundaries of all elements of the natural landscape are the same. If the properties of the main elements of the natural landscape impede the process of soil formation, then a natural landscape without soils is formed. By natural soil is meant the material system and, at the same time, a derived element of a system of a higher hierarchical level, namely, the natural landscape, which is the result of the interaction of the main elements of the landscape.