Ukrainian Journal of Forest and Wood Science

The results of researches of the snow cover in protective plantations growing in the difficult terrain are analyzed. It is founded the plantations formed snowpack thickness 20-45 cm, evenly placed around the grounds. Freezing of the soil was not fixed. Increasing of soil moisture resulted in a decrease in hardness and permeability, which ranged from 2,5-0,2 mm·min^-1 , which is based on the possible absorption of moisture snow was respectively 150 and 12 mm.

complex terrain, protective stands, snow, snow-cover survey, soil freezing, water permeability, moisture reserves