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Separate mountain massifs, separated by a considerable distance from one another, exhibit in their evolutionary development some similar traits. On the other hand, mountain geosystems occurring in them show differences associated with the location of the mountains, their morphological structure and climatic conditions. Global warming has been producing changes in the dynamics of mountain geosystems over the last three decades. However, the response of nival-glacial intracontinental geosystems is different from that in near-oceanic regions.
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Original Russian Text © V.M. Plyusnin, A.D. Kitov, E.N. Ivanov, V.S. Sheinkman, 2013, published in Geography and Natural Resources, 2013, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 5–18.
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Plyusnin, V.M., Kitov, A.D., Ivanov, E.N. et al. Distinctive characteristics of formation and dynamics of nival-glacial geosystems in the south of East Siberia and on Mongolian Altai. Geogr. Nat. Resour. 34, 1–13 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1875372813010010
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