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In the Ukrainian steppe zone, erosion processes expose shallow water tables creating wetlands in gully bottoms and river valley terraces. Here, small birch-aspen woods (“koloks”) replace pine forests on sandy soils with high moisture. In the Western-Donbass coalfield, similar ecotopes form in artificial hollows caused by mining subsidence. Detailed examination of soil and hydrological characteristics demonstrate that, despite major differences in water qualities, these mining-subsidence induced “koloks” provide useful insights into the processes and evolution of their natural equivalents.
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Loza, I.M., Nazarenko, N.N. (2006). New Wetland Formation in Subsidence Hollows of Western Dondass, Ukraine. In: Krecek, J., Haigh, M. (eds) Environmental Role of Wetlands in Headwaters. NATO Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, vol 63. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4228-0_11
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