Pollutants content in the roadside area soils of the Bastak nature reserve

In this paper, it is considered the results of soil samples analysis, taken at different distances from the highway with registration number 99K-11, which is located near the border of the Bastak reserve cluster section «Central». As a results, zinc, lead and manganese were detected mainly in the upper 5 cm of the soil profile, while iron is found in all samples throughout the profile. The content of some components exceeds the value of their content in the Earth’s crust.