Kamennaja Steppe main building with the museum in front

The Kamennaya Steppe (Russian: Каменная степь) is a Russian federal nature preserve located in Talovsky District in Voronezh Oblast in the watershed of rivers Bityug and Khopyor (both tributaries of the Don).

It is a research institute, where the study of Kamennaya Steppe soils began in 1893 by the father of modern soil science Vasily Dokuchaev.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Translation. Division of Silvics, U.S. Forest Service. 1934. pp. 1–17.
  2. ↑ Khitrov, N. B.; Loiko, S. V. (2010-12-01). "Soil cover patterns on flat interfluves in the Kamennaya Steppe". Eurasian Soil Science. 43 (12): 1309–1321. doi:10.1134/S106422931012001X. ISSN 1556-195X.
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