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Lake water resources of the European part of the Russian Federation

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The article gives the results of estimating lake water resources for federal districts in European Russia and constituent entities of the Federation, carried out in the Institute of Limnology, RAS, with the use of up-to-date satellite images and the program Google Earth. European Russia contains ~610000 natural water bodies >0.1 ha in area, including ~200000 lakes >1 ha in area, and 90000 water bodies of artificial origin. Lake water resources of European Russia amount to 1370 km3 of water, of which 99% are in Northwestern Federal District. Artificial water bodies contain ~250 km3 of water resources.

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Izmailova, 2016, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2016, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 122–133.

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Izmailova, A.V. Lake water resources of the European part of the Russian Federation. Water Resour 43, 259–269 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807816020032

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