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Many-year variations of river runoff in the Selenga basin

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Many-year variations of river runoff in the Selenga basin are analyzed along with precipitation, potential evapotranspiration, and basin water storages. Data of ground-based (1932–2015) and satellite observations, as well as the analysis of literature data suggest the presence of within-century cycles in the series of annual and minimum runoff. Compared with 1934–1975, the Selenga Basin shows a general tendency toward a decrease in the maximum (by 5–35%) and mean annual (up to 15%) runoff at an increase in the minimum runoff (by 30%), a decrease in the mean annual precipitation (by 12%), and an increase in potential evapotranspiration by 4% against the background of a decrease in evaporation because of lesser soil moisture content and an increase in moisture losses for infiltration because of permafrost degradation. The observed changes in water balance may have unfavorable environmental effects.

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  1. Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    N. L. Frolova, V. Yu. Grigor’ev & A. A. Sazonov

  2. Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Moscow, 123242, Russia

    P. A. Belyakova

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

    V. Yu. Grigor’ev & A. A. Sazonov

  4. Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    L. V. Zotov

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Original Russian Text © N.L. Frolova, P.A. Belyakova, V.Yu. Grigor’ev, A.A. Sazonov, L.V. Zotov, 2017, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2017, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 243–255.

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Frolova, N.L., Belyakova, P.A., Grigor’ev, V.Y. et al. Many-year variations of river runoff in the Selenga basin. Water Resour 44, 359–371 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807817030101

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