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The long-term dynamics of the runoff of mineral oxidized forms of nitrogen in the Amur River near Khabarovsk City is discussed. An increase in nitrate nitrogen runoff by a factor of 2.1 is recorded as compared to the period of 1981–2000. It is shown that the Sungari River is now responsible for the formation of the anthropogenic component of the runoff of mineral nitrogen forms.
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Original Russian Text © V.P. Shesterkin, N.M. Shesterkina, 2014, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2014, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 412–418.
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Shesterkin, V.P., Shesterkina, N.M. Long-term variability of nitrate and nitrite nitrogen runoff in the Amur River near Khabarovsk. Water Resour 41, 439–445 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807814040137
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