Cadastral and landscape modeling of lakes as a prerequisite for protected and recreational nature resource management

Abstract

The cadastral information about the lakes of the nature reserve fund (NRF) should be based on landscape-geographic principles using modern geo-information systems.Within the research, based on the instrumental field research and the use of software packages ArcGIS Desktop and ReefMaster Software, a bathymetric map of Lake Serednie (Nobel National Natural Park, Ukraine) and other spatial models were developed. The main hydrological and morphometric parameters of the lake basin were calculated, a landscape map of the natural aquatic complex was created and its landscape metric analysis was carried out at the level of aquatic tracts and facies. The research revealed changes in the level regime and shoreline of the lake caused by the long dry periods of 2016-2021 and life activity of beavers. The created integrated cadastral landscape model of the lake with limnology parameters should serve as a basis for the recreational nature use, monitoring and geo-ecological certification of the reservoirs of the NRF.