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Geographic-Hydrological Register of Deltas of Main World Rivers

  • THE CURRENT STATE AND THE PROSPECTS OF RIVER MOUTH HYDROLOGY: TO THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF V. N. MIKHAILOV
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River deltas which are among the most variable and vulnerable geographic objects may be considered as effective indicators of large-scale global and regional, natural and anthropogenic changes of environment. The up-to-date state of deltas of the main rivers in Russia and all over the world are described in the Register which is presented in this paper. The Register includes geographic characteristics of deltas (including their hydrologic-ecologic state), hydrographic, morphometric and hydrologic characteristics of the deltas.

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This study was carried out under Governmental Order to Water Problems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, subject no FMWZ-2022-0001.

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  1. Water Problems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333, Moscow, Russia

    M. V. Isupova, M. V. Mikhailova & E. N. Dolgopolova

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Isupova, M.V., Mikhailova, M.V. & Dolgopolova, E.N. Geographic-Hydrological Register of Deltas of Main World Rivers. Water Resour 49, 927–940 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807822050062

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