Spatial Organization and Structure of the Ridge-hollow Swamp Complex in Taiga Zone of Western Siberia

Big Vasyuganskoye swamp located in the taiga zone of Western Siberia. It is the largest swamp in the world. Here are developed oil and gas fields, pipelines. Engineers must take into account the structural features of peatlands in the design of oil and gas production facilities. This ensures trouble-free operation of enterprises and preserve the environment for future population of the region. Particularly important are the ridge-hollow swamp complexes. The uniqueness of these complexes is that plants produce frame ecological niche in strongly acidic aqueous medium. This allows them to function in the extreme environmental conditions on the planet. The paper presents data on their spatial organization, geo-botanical description, information about life forms, mechanical and physical characteristics of peat horizons.