CLIMATIC FACTORS OF THE FORMATION OF THE GEOSYSTEMS OF THE UPPER ERTIS BASIN

Аннотация

According to the authors, due to the large distance and isolation of mountain systems, warm and
moist air masses from the Atlantic Ocean reach here transformed, having lost most of the moisture, and air masses
penetrating from the Arctic Ocean are cold and dry. Hilly low-slope and flat areas of the Ertis left bank are especially
dry. The highest moisture content is characteristic of the western and northern peripheral as well as central highland
regions of Altai. Complex orography, the presence of closed basins and plateaus cause large differences in the
climatic features of individual regions of Altai. The climate of Altai as a whole is much milder than in the
neighboring areas, the summer is cool, and the winter is relatively warmer.