ИСТИНА

The cartographic analysis of soil cover of urban areas of Moscow city has been done. Cartographic indices and morphometric parameters has been calculated. Regularities of soil cover composition and the rate of soil cover components have been discovered for different land use types of urban areas. Soils maps of urban areas differ from soils maps of natural territories by morphometric parameters. Configuration of soils contours has sharp corners, often similar to a simple geometrical figure, borders are artificial and they are determined by non-soil objects positions. Taxonomic positions of soils which were combined into one contour, its ratio and morphometric parameters are determined by land use type of territory. In a line of “residential areas - industrial zones - city nature reserves” following regularities have been discovered: (i)soils area increases on the contrary areas of filled substrates decreases; (ii) mean area of soils contour increases; (iii) coefficient of dissection increases; (iv) amount of soils contours per square meter is reduced.