Scientific journal
Scientific Review. Geographical Sciences

WATER AND HYDROMINERAL RESOURCES ESTIMATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RECREATION AND TOURISM IN TULA REGION

Корнеева М.Е.
The analysis of water and hydromineral objects of Tula and Tula region has been carried out. The following factors of estimation were taken into account: the character and density of the river net, the temperature peculiarities of water, the speed of current, the lithology of soil, sanitary-hygienic conditions. The information of recreational peculiarities of all kinds of natural waters – rivers, lakes, ponds, swarms and storage pools is presented. The quantitative and qualitative characteristics of region’s water objects are given. The biggest rivers of Tula and Tula region – the Oka, the Upa, the Don, the Krasivaya Mecha – are considered as objects used for the development of recreation and tourism. The spa-balneological direction of water-recreational resources of natural landscapes has been enlightened, which has its material-technical basis on mineral waters. The connection between the hydrological resources of the Tula region and the rest of population and the development of recreation and tourism in general has been considered.