THE ROLE OF SOME HALOPHYTES IN THE FORMATION OF SALINE AREAS OF THE SOUTHERN ARAL SEA
The Aral ecological crisis, accompanied by anthropogenic desertification and land degradation, caused not only secondary salinization of soils, but also significantly expanded the territory of salt marsh deserts. The rapid increase in the drying up of the Aral Sea, urgently requires the search for ways to further consolidate the mobile bare spaces and newly formed saline territories of the drained bottom of the Aral Sea. Studies that contribute to the accumulation of information and knowledge about the environmental function of plants and plant communities are of great importance for the development of methods of biological reclamation of saline soils and the consolidation of mobile sands. The article is devoted to the study of the role of some halophytes in the formation of saline areas of the Southern Aral Sea region. The characteristic of its climatic conditions is also presented. The research methods and materials used are described. Plants related to halophilic are considered. It is concluded that plants from the family of haze can be used in landscape formation.