For geography teachers about the Carpathian mountain region, the Ukrainian Carpathians, and modern approaches to their regionalisation

Abstract

The aim of this article is to characterise modern ideas about tectonic as well as physical and geographical regionalisation of the Carpathian mountain range and its part, located within the territory of our state, in a form accessible to geography teachers and students of secondary education institutions.

The main material. As a result of the conducted research, it is convincingly demonstrated which modern geological research data on the tectonic structure and geological history of the Carpathian mountain range have served as the basis for clarifying the scheme of its physical and geographical zoning, which is widespread in modern reference sources. The main elements of the novelty in zoning, which have not received due attention in the scientific works of Ukrainian geographers, include the attribution of the Serbian Carpathians to the Carpathian mountain range and the division of the physical and geographical province of the Western Carpathians into the Outer Western Carpathians and the Inner Western Carpathians, and the Eastern Carpathians – into the Outer Eastern Carpathians and the Inner Eastern Carpathians. Since the Ukrainian Carpathians include only the part of the physical and geographical province of the Eastern Carpathians that is limited by the modern state borders of Ukraine, the renewal of approaches to zoning should also be reflected in the regionalisation of this part of the mountain range. The article describes the author’s revised scheme of the physical and geographical zoning of the Ukrainian Carpathians, which is substantiated by the results of long-term research and published in the materials of scientific and practical conferences, professional periodicals, and monographs.

Conclusions and further research. Familiarising geography teachers with modern ideas about the criteria and peculiarities of regionalisation of the Carpathian mountain range in a specialised periodical is extremely important for the growth of their professional competence and motivation for research.