ISSN 2617-2909 (print) Journal of Geology, ISSN 2617-2119 (online) Geography and Geoecology Journ.Geol.Geograph. Geoecology, Journal home page: geology-dnu-dp.ua 27(1), 68-80 doi: 10.15421/111832 Khilchevskyi V.К., Kurylo S.М., Sherstyuk N.P. Journ.Geol.Geograph.Geoecology,27(1), 68-80 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Chemical composition of different types of natural waters in Ukraine V.К. Khilchevskyi1, S.М. Kurylo1, N.P. Sherstyuk 2 1 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, e-mail:
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[email protected] Abstract. The results of studies of the chemical composition in various types of natural Received 23.04.2018; waters of the territory of Ukraine – atmospheric precipitation, surface (river and lake), Received in revised form 05.05.2018; groundwaters and sea waters are comprehensively summarized and presented for the Accepted 29.05.2018 territory of Ukraine in this paper. The chemical composition of Ukraine's natural waters (rivers, lakes, underground aquifers, seas) is the result of the interaction of a combina- tion of natural factors, as well as their location, mainly in the temperate climatic zone. The average long–term mineralization of atmos- pheric precipitation is usually in the range of 20–40 mg/l, its chemical composition is predominantly sulfate magnesium–calcium. For the chemical composition of water in the small and medium rivers of Ukraine, hydrochemical zoning is observed in the direction from the northwest to the south-east of the country. Mineralization of river waters also increases in this direction (from 200–300 mg/l to 1,500–3,000 mg/l and more).