Krasnodar
Region is the most fertile region of Russia. Here one of the best
black earths is situated (more than 4 per cent of Russian and about
2 per cent of world black earth resources).
Krasnodar
Region possesses a comparatively potent raw material base that supplies
raw materials to several industry branches and enterprises of the
Region for a long-term prospect (15-40 years). There are sufficiently
large resources of cement, gypsum and calcareous stone, building
stone, sandy-gravel materials and clays for production of brick
and tile. More than 60 types of minerals are surveyed in the interior
of the Earth in Krasnodar Region. Minerals are mainly deposited
in submountain and mountain districts. Reserves of oil, natural
gas, marl, iodide-bromine water, marble, limestone, sandstone, gravel,
silica sand, iron and apatite ores and rock salt exist in the region.
Construction
materials (marble, gypsum, clays, sand, limestone, marls, dolomite),
copper, iron and apatite ores represent the other type of resources
which are also of great importance.
Krasnodar
Region is the oldest oil-extraction district of Russia. Production
of oil here began in 1864. There is a good potential in the Region
for creation of own production of main components for glass industry
(silica sands, lime-stones) and rock wool (basalts).
Azov-Kuban
sweet groundwater basin with considerable reserves of thermal and
mineral waters, the largest in Europe, is also located on the territory
of Krasnodar.
Curative
mud widely used in the Region is a valuable natural resource (near
city Anapa) as well as mineral (iodide-bromine, hydrosulfuric and
others) and thermal waters (Matsesta, Goryachy Klyuch, Apsheronsk
and Belorechensk districts).
Forests,
of great economic and nature conservation importance, are among
the resources of Krasnodar Region. Total area of forests constitutes
more than 1.8 million hectares. Oak and beech forestlands occupying
49 and 19 per cent of the whole forests area of the Region are the
resources of finewood for Russia.
