Geoinformation Modeling of the Distribution of Heavy Metals in the Soil cover of Large cities of the Republic of Kazakhstan (based on the data of RSE "Kazhydromet" for 2019-2023)
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https://doi.org/10.32523/2616-6771-2025-152-3-157-174Keywords:
heavy metals in soil, state monitoring, soils of urbanized regions, GISAbstract
The trend towards soil pollution due to human activity has increased several times in intensity over the past two centuries, and the volume has increased. In order to contain the consequences and stabilize the environment, the countries of the world will bring the size of the release of chemical compounds and toxic elements into the natural environment in accordance with certain standards. It is known that the main environmental standard for soil pollution in the country is the maximum permissible concentration (MPC), that is, the amount of pollutant in the soil that does not affect animals, plants, microorganisms and the natural community as a whole with constant contact or interaction over a certain period of time. In order to control the level of contamination of the soil cover with heavy metals of administrative units where giant production facilities are located, RSE Kazhydromet conducts continuous monitoring in large cities of the country. The result is published in bulletins, the supervisory institution's own publication. The article is organized in order to analyze the results of the control of the ballots for the last five years (2019…2023). During the statistical transformation of the monitoring results, the nature of the distribution of chromium, copper, zinc, cadmium and lead elements in the soils of urbanized zones was revealed. Then the data was applied to the surface of the electronic map using geoinformation technology and grouped according to the degree of danger. During the examination of the bulletins, it was noted that over time the quality of the publication has improved, and the level of consistency and systematization of the information contained in it has improved significantly
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