Natural saline soils Zauralski steppe zone

Natural saline soils of Bashkortostan region Zauralye consist mainly of ordinary and south chernozems and they vary greatly in capacity of humus horizon, humus content, degree of salinity and alkalinity, and development of soil profile. Solonchak and solonetz not constitute an independent background, they are usually complexes with chernozems and meadow-chernozem soils. Salt content in the profile of saline meadow relatively uniform with a maximum accumulation in the upper part, the predominant type of saline sulfate and chloride-sulfate. In saline soils chernozem, meadow and meadow-bog maximum salt content found in the illuvial horizons. Salinity of these horizons is defined as a strong type of salinity is usually chloride-sulphate or sulphate-chloride, at least - sulfate.