This article focuses on the research and analysis of the ecological state of the Sosna River on the Orel region territory. The article provides a description of the Sosna which is a tributary of the Don River, as natural resources exploitation object, its ecological and hydrologic peculiarities are being described. The main anthropogenic sources, exerting an impact on the ecological state of the river are being studied. The ramifications of the Sosna water pollution by industrial and agricultural enterprises as well as by the local population are being analyzed. Measures for protection and enhancement of the Sosna waters ecological state are being proposed along with those suggested within a framework of the regional ecological policy implementation.
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