The article presents the results of studying the structure of permafrost landscapes in the area of discontinuous distribution of permafrost soils in large-scale mapping. The actual material was collected by the authors in the course of research and field work on the Power of Siberia project. Maps of terrain types, types of vegetation and a permafrost-landscape map of the key area “Mezhalasie” were compiled. Natural territorial complexes in the area of survey were systematized. The features of the permafrost landscapes distribution were studied, their differentiation was carried out, and the area of icy soils distribution was calculated.

Nikolai A. Fedorov
Junior Researcher of the Laboratory of Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) and Permafrost Mapping,
3rd year full-time Postgraduate Student
Melnikov Permafrost Institute of Siberian Branch of the Russian
Academy of Sciences
36, Merzlotnaya str., Yakutsk, 677010, Russia
е-mail: nfeda96@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0003-4757-2906

Aliona A. Shestakova
Candidate of Geographical Sciences,
Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) and Permafrost Mapping
Melnikov Permafrost Institute of Siberian Branch of the Russian
Academy of Sciences
36, Merzlotnaya str., Yakutsk, 677010, Russia
е-mail: aashest@mail.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-0648-0362

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