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Saline Soils: A Potentially Significant Geoheritage of the Vojvodina Region, Northern Serbia

2021; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 13; Issue: 14 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/su13147891

2071-1050

Tijana Zeremski, Nemanja Tomič, Stanko Milić, Jovica Vasin, Randall J. Schaetzl, Dubravka Milić, Milivoj B. Gavrilov, Milorad Živanov, Jordana Ninkov, Slobodan B. Marković,

Geological Formations and Processes Exploration

Halomorphic (or saline) soils, are characterized by high concentrations of soluble salts or sodium, or both. Saline soils have unfavorable agricultural properties but provide the natural habitats for a variety of highly specialized plants, animals, and other organisms. It is these special interactions that create the typical landscape of saline soils, known as “slatina”. The aim of this study is to assess and evaluate the geotouristic potential of six of the most attractive slatina sites in the Vojvodina region, Northern Serbia: Jegrička, Slano Kopovo, Rusanda, Okanj, Pečena slatina, and Pašnjaci Velike Droplje. Overall, all analyzed sites have significant tourism potential, based on both natural and tourist values. In addition to the tourism potentials, analyzed sites have high value as a natural endemic ecosystem inhabited with highly specialized plants and birds.