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Hydrological processes in the mouth area of the Hong Ha (Red River)

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The main features of hydrological processes taking place in the mouth area of the Hong Ha River in Vietnam are considered. The geographic and hydrological conditions in the Hong Ha River basin and in its receiving water body—the Gulf of Tonkin, South China Sea—are briefly characterized. The main features of the mouth area of the Hong Ha River as a specific geographic object are identified. The hydrological regime of the delta and the nearshore zone of the Hong Ha River are described in detail. Water balance of the delta, runoff water levels and delta inundation, water and sediment runoff distributions over delta branches, and the effect of tides, typhoons, and storm surges on delta regime are considered. Present-day problems of the use and protection of natural resources at the Hong Ha River mouth are briefly discussed.

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

    M. V. Isupova

  2. Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, GSP-1, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    V. N. Mikhailov

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Original Russian Text © M.V. Isupova, V.N. Mikhailov, 2011, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2011, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 524–537.

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Isupova, M.V., Mikhailov, V.N. Hydrological processes in the mouth area of the Hong Ha (Red River). Water Resour 38, 557–570 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807811040063

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