Аннотация:Currently it is necessary to form complex scientific approaches to the assessment of the dynamics of quantitative
and qualitative indicators hydro, chemical and biological state of the Caspian Sea ecosystem. Assessment
of the sea state is based on the target field and experimental studies of research institutes, as
well as data obtained from State Observation Network (SON) as a part of monitoring system of the marine
environment and results based on the monitoring of large offshore oil and gas projects. The main goal of
research is ecological and geographical mapping of the Northern Caspian. The results will help to establish
general patterns of long-term spatial and temporal distribution of indicators of hydro chemical and biological
parameters, as well as the level of pollution of the marine environment. Determination of sustainable
properties of the waters can be used in the economic and environmental activities on the northern shelf
of the Caspian Sea and to create an optimized environmental monitoring system. Also, it is neccessary to
use ecological and geographical approach, which determines the territory of the North Caspian Sea as a
specific uniform hydrodynamic system, strongly linked with surrounding land, their hydro climatic, ecological
and economic characteristics. Ecological and geographical mapping of the Northern Caspian Sea
was based on aggregate analysis of the physical and chemical properties of the water masses and major
pollutant indicators using geo-information technologies. As a result of research spatial database of different
properties of water of North Caspian Sea was created. Database allows querying over a large number
of environmental parameters, building their statistical and graphical evaluation on the basis of long-term
data set (1978-2014). Results of database analysis can be visualized in ArcGIS software.