*Teacher, Department of Geography and its teaching methodsTashkent State Pedagogical University named after Nizami, Uzbekistan
**Professor, PhD, Department of Geography and its teaching methods, Tashkent State Pedagogical University named after Nizami, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Online published on 22 February, 2021.
The distinctive particularities of the geographical position of Zarafshan valley, variety of natural components and their importance in economic activity of the person were described in the article. Including, an analysis of physics-geographical indexes, referring to flat part of valley, foot-hills, mountain and alpine high-altitude belts was given. As well as, a modern condition of natural-economic development of Zarafshan valley was characterized. Each of these parts of the Zarafshan valley includes territories that differ sharply in natural conditions and especially in the direction of agriculture, from desert pastures to the oasis strip and irrigated lands occupied by cotton, rice crops on the plain part of the oasis strip, horticulture and viticulture, rainfed and tobacco growing, located on the high terraces of the plain and mid-mountain parts of the valley, rained wine growing, apricot gardening in the mountainous part and ending with summer pastures of high-mountain slopes.
Zarafshan Valley, Climatic Resources, Plain, Foothill, Mountain, Alpine, High-Altitude Belt, Erosions, Horticulture, Viticulture, Grain Farming By Rain
