GEOLOGICAL ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL TERRACES OF THE EASTERN CAUCASUS
The Eastern Caucasus is a region with a developed and ancient tradition of building agricultural terraces in the mountains. An updated map of the distribution of agricultural terraces in the Eastern Caucasus has been compiled. Significant geographical heterogeneity in the distribution of terraces in the region is revealed. The features of the distribution of terraces on various rocks are studied. The ratio of natural erosion and artificially created fine earth of terraces for the region has been reconstructed. It has been established that the anthropogenic impact on the rocks of the regions during the last millennium significantly exceeds the scale of natural erosion-accumulation processes.