Erosion management- river basin sediment step in developing ecotourism (case study river basins Shafaroudi)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

rafat  shahmari ¹ (استادیار گروه جغرافیای دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد آستارا)

Received: 2008-12-09 Accepted : 2009-09-16 Published : 2009-08-23

Keywords: nature, Echo tourism, Shofarood basin, Guilan and Erosion management,

Abstract :

The aim of this article is to identify and introduce the places, attractions and natural potenentiality due to attract echo tourists in the west of Guilan province in order to promote occupations and and development of this area by using of descriptive and analytical method, library studies, and filed observation based upon the maps of topography 1:50000 geology and 1:100000 and air maps and satellite pictures has been done. One of the tourism forms which is developed in recent century is the echo tourism. Because of being the beautiful natural landscapes (Alborz and Talesh mountains, thick mantle of vegetation, Caspian sea, Anzali Talab and etc …), about sixty five percent of tourists in the national scale and regional area travel to Guilan province. This basin has stretched about 3600 hektares. It is a mountainous area with an average sea level about 1500 m having cold and mild climate with high humidity and an annually rainfall about 1400 mm. The study results showed that because of the mechanism of elements and process of inside and outside of  landscape beauties such as the too steep cliffs (around Genzakhavarr, khilga …), plenty of springs (Arde, Zendanesh and etc…), deep valleys covered with thick vegetation (around Barzakhou and Sadarasar …) mountainous waterfalls along the rivers (Miyanrood, Pargam, Khijadara…), concave and convex mountain slopes coverd with plant vegetation and pasture land (Shafarood, Beren, Dashtdaman…), high mountains and rather high mountain (1000 – 2700 m) and the country side areas (Arde, vaske, Dashtdaman, Zendaneh, Beren), the thick forest with rare species of plants (Rashestanhay – e - Lamir) and interesting and pleasure views of countryside (Roshandeh, Almas, ardah, Zendaneh and Dashtdaman), the mild summer and snowy winter, altogether have provided fascinating scenes for tourists particularly for echo tourists. Apart from natural potentiality, locating the areas of this basin along the Sento (Fuman – Miyaneh) the being connection route of Anzali – Astara from the end of basin as the man made made features can increase the potentiality of this territory being studies to attract the enough tourists.