Considerable anthropization degree of environment during the modern period had determined a gradual sinking of ecological stability of geographical landscapes, especially given the predominance of agricultural landscapes which occupy 73.4% from total area of Republic of Moldova at present [1]. Land Cadastre data for Republic of Moldova (2000-2020) [2] and population level’s statistical data (2000-2019) [3] was used to obtain a few indicators that reflect the state of geographical landscapes (population density, naturality index and environmental changes index) and quantify the anthropic pressure on the geographical landscapes at the commune level. We had used the period of 2000-2020 as the reference period.

The paper analyses the degree of damage to the territory of the Cogâlnic river basin by landslides and linear erosion, characteristics expressed by numerical indices as the ratio of the areas affected by these processes to the total surface of the reference territorial unit. For this, cartographic models of the dynamics of degraded land areas were developed for the years 2004 and 2020. The main territorial units that need to be protected to mitigate linear erosion are highlighted.