[01] Leyli Rashid Kizi Karimova, Department of Land Management and Cadastre, Faculty of Ecology and Soil Science, Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan.

After gaining state independence, land reforms began to be carried out in the Republic of Azerbaijan, as a result of which three types of property were created on the land fund, previously belonging only to state property - state, municipal and private. After that, for the rational use of land resources, their assessment began to have both scientific and theoretical and industrial significance. Taking this into account, we carried out an assessment of the municipal land fund of the Shirvan plain in order to develop the basics of effective use of these soils. Municipal lands of the Shirvan plain of the Republic of Azerbaijan with a total area of 265693.66 hectares were taken as the object of the study. The level of soil fertility was analyzed and determined on the basis of generally accepted methods, bonitet points were calculated based on the methods of Karmanov, Bulgakov and Mamedov. To achieve this goal, a number of works were carried out: the level of soil fertility, the degree of erodification, salinity and solonetsification of municipal lands included in the territory of the Shirvan plain was determined; the weighted average bonitet score of the territory was calculated, a structural map of the municipal land fund of the Shirvan plain was compiled, ways of rational use of municipal lands were investigated, and a set of agrotechnical and reclamation measures for its improvement was developed.

Munisipial Soils, Land Use, Erodification, Salinity, Average Bonitet Score

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