Keywords:   salinization, salinity, mineralization, groundwater, gray­meadow soils

// Мелиорация.— 2023. – №3(105) – С 46–50

The general natural and ecological state of the Salyan steppe has been analyzed. The purpose of the study in the course of studying the actual reclamation state of irrigated gray-meadow soils under cotton and grain crops is to determine, along with the degree of salinity, the type of salinity and salinity of soils according to generally accepted methods. It has been found that the amount of SO₄ in groundwater at the experimental site is 1.08–1.09 g/l; Cl ion 7.0–9.59 g/l; CO₃ –  0.03–0.05 g/l; HCO₃ – 0.29– 0.32 g/l; Ca – 0.08–0.50 g/l; Mg – 0.01–0.22 g/l. The amount of salts varied from 9.23 g/l to 11.22 g/l.