Damghan University , gh.maghami@du.ac.ir
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Objective: “The main and overall objective of this research was to identify natural hazards threatening Saluk National Park and Protected Area. In this regard, based on the assumptions of this research, in addition to the main objective, three sub-objectives were also determined for it. The sub-objectives include identifying hazards arising from climatic, geomorphological, and hydrological conditions.
Method: This research was conducted using field and library methods and descriptive analytical methods. The aim of the field studies was to identify the plant and animal species of this park and protected area, which was done using interviews with environmentalists, people living in villages adjacent to the park, and the results of censuses conducted by the Environment Organization. In library studies, concepts and definitions related to the environment and natural hazards were extracted from books available in libraries and documents of the Environment Organization. Statistics from meteorological stations in the region were used to study the climate of the region.
Results: Initial studies suggested that climatic, geomorphological, and hydrological hazards may be the most important natural hazards of the park. Based on the studies, climatic hazards including drought, frost, and frost have greater impacts in the study area. Geomorphological hazards of the park resulting from external dynamic processes including landslides, landslides, and erosion are ranked second, and hydrological hazards, especially river floods in the eastern part of the park in the Ruin River valley and the southern alluvial fans of the park, are ranked third.
Conclusions:
The most important conclusion of this research is that the natural hazards of this park naturally act as an ecological moderator. And these hazards can have detrimental effects on this park when they interact with negative human interventions, but if they are aligned with positive human actions, their effects will not have a significant destructive impact on this park.
Method: This research was conducted using field and library methods and descriptive analytical methods. The aim of the field studies was to identify the plant and animal species of this park and protected area, which was done using interviews with environmentalists, people living in villages adjacent to the park, and the results of censuses conducted by the Environment Organization. In library studies, concepts and definitions related to the environment and natural hazards were extracted from books available in libraries and documents of the Environment Organization. Statistics from meteorological stations in the region were used to study the climate of the region.
Results: Initial studies suggested that climatic, geomorphological, and hydrological hazards may be the most important natural hazards of the park. Based on the studies, climatic hazards including drought, frost, and frost have greater impacts in the study area. Geomorphological hazards of the park resulting from external dynamic processes including landslides, landslides, and erosion are ranked second, and hydrological hazards, especially river floods in the eastern part of the park in the Ruin River valley and the southern alluvial fans of the park, are ranked third.
Conclusions:
The most important conclusion of this research is that the natural hazards of this park naturally act as an ecological moderator. And these hazards can have detrimental effects on this park when they interact with negative human interventions, but if they are aligned with positive human actions, their effects will not have a significant destructive impact on this park.
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