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Extreme Floods in Crimean Rivers in 2021

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The results of studies of extreme floods in Crimean rivers in the summer of 2021 are presented. Analytical and historical generalization is made for the problem of the adverse effects of water and mud flows in Crimea, and the factors of flood and mudflow formation in Crimean rivers in 2021 are analyzed. The maximal water discharges and levels are evaluated, and the dynamics of flood wave propagation in the Bel’bek River basin is examined. The hazardous hydrological phenomena that have taken place are shown to be unique, and their adverse effects are evaluated.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to N.N. Okhremenko (Crimean DHMS) for valueable advices in planning field studies and help in the search for the causes and effects of the past extreme phenomena.

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This study was carried out under Governmental Assignment to Water Problems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, subject 0126-2021-0001, State Registration no. 121040700170-9.

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    G. S. Ermakova, O. V. Gorelits, K. K. Zhbakov & I. Yu. Milyutina

  2. Zubov State Oceanographic Institute, Roshydromet, 119034, Moscow, Russia

    G. S. Ermakova, O. V. Gorelits, K. K. Zhbakov, I. V. Zemlyanov & I. Yu. Milyutina

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Ermakova, G.S., Gorelits, O.V., Zhbakov, K.K. et al. Extreme Floods in Crimean Rivers in 2021. Water Resour 49, 616–629 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807822040042

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