MOTOR TRANSPORT EFFECT ON ROADSIDE AREAS OF BAIKAL REGION NATIONAL PARK (ON EXAMPLE OF WESTERN OLKHON REGION)
It is revealed that the roadside landscapes of the Baikal region national park and its recreational territories in particular, suffer distinct influence of motor transport. It consists in the pollution of certain local sections of the soils with heavy metals – Pb, Zn, Ni, Co, Cr, Cu, Ag, As and other elements. The sections under investigation have total pollution indicators of 27 and 43. It corresponds to moderately dangerous and dangerous levels of pollution [3, 12] and can cause the degradation of the original soil cover primarily in the steppe areas of the Baikal region national park.