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Assessing the Anthropogenic Impact on the Water Resources of Russia

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The results of studies that have been carried out at the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences (USSR Academy of Sciences) and data obtained by other institutions are used to assess the impact of various types of economic activity on the water resources of Russia and its aftereffects. The impact includes an indirect, i.e., through the relief, soil, and biota (activities in the nonirrigated agriculture, forestry, and urbanized landscapes) and the direct component (hydroengineering construction, diversion of runoff, water withdrawal, and wastewater discharge). The impact of the complex of anthropogenic factors on the volume and quality of water resources is evaluated. The characteristics of water use in Russia and different parts of the world are compared. The main approaches to solve water problems are proposed.

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    N. I. Koronkevich, E. A. Barabanova, A. G. Georgiadi, S. V. Dolgov, I. S. Zaitseva & E. A. Kashutina

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Russian Text © The Author(s), 2019, published in Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, 2019, Vol. 89, No. 6, pp. 603–614.

Nikolai Ivanovich Koronkevich, Dr. Sci. (Geogr.), is Head of the Hydrology Laboratory at the RAS Institute of Geography. Elena Alekseevna Barabanova, Cand. Sci. (Geogr.), is a Senior Researcher of the Hydrology Laboratory at the RAS Institute of Geography. Alexander Georgievich Georgiadi, Cand. Sci. (Geogr.), is a Leading Researcher of the Hydrology Laboratory at the RAS Institute of Geography. Sergei Vladimirovich Dolgov, Cand. Sci. (Geogr.), is a Senior Researcher of the Hydrology Laboratory at the RAS Institute of Geography. Irina Sergeevna Zaitseva, Cand. Sci. (Geogr.), is a Leading Researcher of the Hydrology Laboratory at the RAS Institute of Geography. Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Kashutina, Cand. Sci. (Geogr.), is a Senior Researcher of the Hydrology Laboratory at the RAS Institute of Geography.

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This study was carried out under governmental order no. (0148-2019-0007) and was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 18-05-00479.

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Koronkevich, N.I., Barabanova, E.A., Georgiadi, A.G. et al. Assessing the Anthropogenic Impact on the Water Resources of Russia. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 89, 287–297 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331619030067

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