LANDSCAPE-ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPING MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE VERKHOYANSK RANGE
The paper focuses on regularities of landscapes development on the east-facing slope of the Verkhoyansk Range. Low self-restoring capacity is explained by permafrost and low productivity of tundra and northern taiga landscapes. At the background conditions of altitudinal zonality landscape mosaics is complicated by strip-like exposures of bedrocks, slope aspect, cryogenic and fall processes. We describe types and occurrence of anthropogenic landscape transformations under the conditions of developing deposits of non-ferrous metals as well as measures for minimizing negative impacts.