Environment of the Razdorskoye multilayer settlement (Rostov region, southern Russia)

Authors

• C.V. Kremenetski

Abstract

The area of southern Russia between the northern shore of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea includes steppe and desert-steppe belts which form a contact zone between the forests of the Caucasus and Eurasian steppes. The climate is dry and continental. The mean annual temperature is + 5°C, the January temperature varies between -3°C and -7°C and the mean July temperature between +19°C and +23°C. The annual frostfree period is 165–195 days and annual precipitation 400–600 mm. A major part of the area is occupied by arable and pasture land.