Soil productive potential in small river basins

The index of soil productive potential can be used to characterize the state of ecosystems. This index is based on the long-term data on the productivity of vegetation and phytomass accumulation and on the factors affecting phytomass production processes. To estimate various parameters characterizing the productive potential of ecosystems, remote sensing methods have been used. It is shown that the normalized difference vegetation index can be applied for the purposes of monitoring of soil productive potential. This index allows us to estimate the state of vegetation and the activity of production processes at the given moment for different territories. The study of soil productive potential has been performed for small river basins.