Administration of Rostov region

ROSTOV REGION ADMINISTRATION

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Fuel Resources

The versatility of the rich mineral resources found in Rostov Region is the result of the peculiarities of the area’s tectonic structure. Among the natural resources, the most important place is occupied by fuel resources.
Almost the entire central portion of the region is rich in coal; coal resources are concentrated in 11 coal-mining areas.

Due to high quality of the coal, the area’s most famous coal fields are in the Eastern Donbass. About 90% of the coal resources here are anthracites containing the best caloric value in the world. More than 6.5 billion tons of the prospected coal reserves are concentrated in Rostov Region; in addition, there is a reserve of well-prospected areas with more than 1.5 billion tons of coal that could eventually be mined.

A considerable part of the region is rich in oil and gas. The prospected gas resources are 36.85 billion cubic meters and the preliminarily estimated resource is 22.48 billion cubic meters. The same parameters for oil are 3.3 million and 2.3 million tons, respectively. There are oil fields in Neklinovsky and Tarasovsky districts. At the same time, the prospected resources of hydrocarbon materials are only 18.8%. Gas is mostly of methane composition, which determines its industrial value.

Chemical minerals

The region contains chemical minerals. The most valuable are phosphorites. There is some evidence of their existence in Sholokhovskiy and Rodiono-Nesvetaiskiy districts.

Certain peculiarities of the geological structure demonstrate the possibility of considerable expansion of industrially valuable mineral ore products. These peculiarities are as follows: the existing fields of non-ferrous metals (nickel, zirconium), which are not properly studied yet; indications and direct signs of the presence of noble metals; ores of the type found in Krivoy Rog; mercury; and diamonds.

Resources for Construction Industry

The following resources have a lot of industrial value: refractory clays of the Fedorovsky fields of the Krasnosulinskiy district, and flux limestones of the Zhirnovsky and Bogurayevsky fields of the Tatsinskiy district.

The Rostov Region possesses unique reserves of non-ore materials used in the construction industry. In the Millerovskiy district, there is a large field of carbonate strata whose reserve is 12 billion tons. The carbonate strata are the main components in cement production. A small area of this field, with a reserve of 40 million tons, is used by Rogaliksk Cement Plant.

The region has 150 fields of different clays used for brick and tile production. One of the most famous is the bentonite clays of Tarasovskiy district (70 million tons in reserve). These clays can be used to produce facing tiles and brick, as well as in the food processing industry for refining vegetable oils and wines, and in the boring industry in the preparation of boring solutions.

The region has 17 active quarries of mortar sand. Silicate sands in Aksayskiy and Beljkalotvenskiy districts are used in glasswork.

Limestone is used for building lime production. These reserves are immense and are found in many districts of the region.

Limestone and sandstone, which are concentrated in the Eastern Donbass area, are also used as building stones.

Agricultural Climatic Resources

Agricultural/climatic resources are characterized by a sufficient quantity of heat and insufficient humidity. This provides the required background for the successful development of different, highly productive agriculture branches.

The soils are the real treasure of the region. Black earths are the most widespread and the most fertile earths (64% of the territory). "Chestnut“ earths occupy 21% and are mostly found in the more dry eastern areas.

Water Resources

Water resources are estimated as 27.7 cubic kilometers of yearly water supply; only 2.7 cubic kilometers (10%) of them are formed within the region, and the remaining 25 cubic kilometers (90%) are supplied from outside areas. The Rostov Region has 4,500 rivers, more than 250 lakes, three water reservoirs and a number of pools, and the Taganrog Bay of the Azov Sea.

The region possesses one of Europe’s greatest rivers, the Don, which is connected to the Volga by a canal, and forms a united transportation network throughout Russia’s European section. The main effluents of the Don (the Seversky Donets and the Manych) are navigable too.

A most important recreational resource of the region is formed by widespread mineral water and brine fields with specific components (bromine, iodine, boron, and sulfide hydrogen). There are 23 mineral water types found in the region. The Rostov area is famous for sodium and iodine-bromine waters. In the vicinity of Rostov and the Semikarakorsk districts are sulfide hydrogen and iron-containing mineral waters. Multipurpose sanatoria are located near the mineral water sources.

Forestry

The overall area of the Rostov Region‘s forest resources amounts to 375.1 thousand hectares, including 343.2 thousand hectares (91.6% of total area) supervised by the forestry authorities. These resources include widespread conservation areas and nature reserves that protect the nature of the Don region.

Oaks (45%) and pines (21%) predominate among the forest trees. The forests represent a great recreational potential, which has not been properly exploited.

With the exception of summer, hunting is allowed in Rostov Region. Species hunted include water fowl, quail, partridges, pheasants, hoofed animals (deer, roe, wild boar, fallow deer, and elk) and fur animals (hare, fox, etc).

The Don area offers great fishing possibilities mostly unavailable in other Russian regions. More than 90 kinds of fish inhabit open water basins (sturgeon, bream, carp, pike, perch, and the famous Don herring).