STUDIES OF THE BELYANKA RIVER IN KOBYAYSKY DISTRICT FOR TOURIST AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES
As part of a tripartite agreement between M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Directorate of Biological Resources, Specially Protected Areas and Nature Parks (DBR) and Elden LLC eld studies of the Belyanka River valley were carried out on the territory of the resource reserve of the same name and beyond. The research was carried out in 2022 in two stages: from June 20 to July 3 and from September 10 to 18. The research work involved Bachelor’s, Master’s and postgraduate students as part of their summer internship. The following activities were carried out: the relief was studied and a digital model of the relief was created in the key areas; soil differences in key areas were described; hydrological and microclimatic studies were carried out; avifauna, fauna of small mammals and ichthyofauna were studied; plant associations and landscape facies in the key areas were described. In addition, an inventory of tourist sites and recreational resources of the banks of the Belyanka River was carried out; the tourism and recreational potential of the protected areas around the Belyanka Resource Reserve (RR) was studied. The work carried out made it possible to select places for observation platforms, camping areas, a tourist camp, locations and sites for photo and video recording; to prepare for further calculation of the possible tourist and recreational load and capacity of the landscapes adjacent to the Belyanka River, located both within the protected areas and beyond. The main result of the work is the developed recommendations for the further development of tourism in the Belyanka protected area.