scholarly journals TECTONIC LANDSLIDE ARRAYSTHE CENTRAL CAUCASUS

Author(s):  
Е.В. Кюль

В статье приводятся результаты инвентаризации основных тектонических оползневых массивов Центрального Кавказа. Вначале на основе проведённого тектонического районирования выделяются основные тектонические структуры исследуемой территории. При этом в пределах данных структур приводятся данные по скорости современных тектонических движений и сейсмической активности. Площадная оценка оползневой деятельности по основным административным районам субъектов-республик, а также основным речным бассейнам, проводится с учётом результатов тектонического районирования. Дана подробная характеристика основных тектонических оползневых массивов. При этом выявлена их приуроченность к главным тектоническим структурам: выделены 3 зоны тектонических сейсмодислокаций, к которым приурочены наиболее крупные оползневые массивы исследуемой территории. The article presents the results of the inventory of major tectonic landslide slopes of the Central Caucasus. First, based on the tectonic zoning and highlights the main tectonic structures of the study area. Within these structures provides data on the speed of modern tectonic movements and seismic activity. Areal assessment of landslide activities on the main administrative districts of the constituent entities-republics, as well as the main river basin is carried out based on the results of tectonic zoning. Detailed characteristics of major tectonic landslide slopes. At the same time revealed their location to the main tectonic structures: there are 3 zones of tectonic seismic dislocation which dedicated the largest landslide arrays of the study area.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pol Shutov

<p>The aim of the study is the spatial analysis of the structure of the river basin in identifying anthropogenic-transformed landscapes. The object of the study is the water catchment basin of the «Yayva» river, which is a left, mountain-taiga tributary of the «Kama» river and flows in the Perm region, in the Russian Federation. The river basin covers an area of km<sup>2 </sup> 6502, long main river, 304 km, the average slope of the basin 1,85<sup>0</sup>, height difference is significant and is 687 meters. the Catchment has a high degree of ruggedness of 0.91 km/km2. The sharp asymmetry of the catchment basin is expressed, so the left part of the basin is more pronounced.</p><p>With the use of remote sensing satellite images with high spatial resolution Landsat – 8 and Sentinel – 2, based on digital elevation model and GIS tools identify the types of land cover of the basin. In the ArcGis 10.4 software environment, morphometric indicators of the river basin at the level of small rivers are determined. The map of the basin territorial structure is developed on the basis of a vector relief model with a section height of 25 meters. The areas of morphological elements of river basins are unevenly distributed over the absolute height and slope of the terrain, causing spatial heterogeneity of landscape structures.</p><p>In the zones of the sources of watercourses, water-collecting funnels of a rounded shape are formed, the boundaries of which are clearly deciphered from space images. In the direction from the mouth to the source along the main river, the average absolute height of the terrain increases from 170 to 540 meters, the height differences also increase, while the area of the catchment funnels increases from 0.04 km<sup>2</sup> to 13.4 km<sup>2</sup>.</p><p>On well-drained slopes with average humidity, fern spruce-fir forests are represented, and on wet slopes and areas with temporary watercourses, sparse high-forest taiga and raw horsetail spruce forests are developed. Also, waterlogging is manifested in flat areas with poorly developed river network, where drainage is insufficient, so in the lower reaches of the basin, the wide valley of the river is swamped.</p><p>For each morphological element of the catchment area, a characteristic type of vegetation is determined. The most common wetland landscapes are confined to catchment funnels (37%), which is especially pronounced in mountainous conditions (upper reaches of the basin at an altitude of 500 meters or more); less wetlands (17%) occur in inland river valleys.</p><p>Transformed landscapes (cuttings and secondary forests) are confined to the upper parts of the slopes of the catchment surface (14%) and arcs of the watershed system (10%). The largest share of urbanized areas corresponds to inland river valleys (3%). Areal dynamics of anthropogenically transformed landscapes is determined. As a result of the analysis of the dynamics of vegetation cover, the growth of the area of cuttings, secondary forests and anthropogenic objects that form the basins of river systems was established.</p><p>The work was carried out with the financial support of The Russian Foundation for basic research No. 19-05-00363 A.</p>


2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 941-951 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. B. Rapoport ◽  
I. V. Zenkova ◽  
N. L. Tsepkova
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Water Policy ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haakon Lein ◽  
Mattias Tagseth

The paper presents and discusses different approaches to water management, termed “state centred”, “market-based” and “community-based”. Each provides different answers to how and by whom limited water resources best could and should be managed. They are based on different development ideologies and advocated by different professions. The article elaborates on the strengths, limitations and compatibility of the three models. These models provide a basis for discussing national water policy and water management reforms in Tanzania as well as the more practical implications of this in one of the main river basins in the country: the Pangani River Basin. Central to the water management problem in this basin are conflicts between communities and the water bureaucracy over what constitutes “proper” management of water. The policy and the activities of the river basin authorities continue to reflect a traditional top-down bureaucratic approach to water management, with colonial roots. The water legislation and the formal water management system seem neither to be set up to facilitate the active participation of local communities in water management, nor to facilitate the development of a water market.


Author(s):  
Р.А. Тавасиев

В статье критически рассмотрены литературные данные по ледникам и приледниковым озерам, расположенным в бассейне реки Бартуйдон (левый приток реки Караугомдон, левый приток р. Терек) и изменениях, произо- шедших на них за последние 53 года. В 1966 г. на этой территории числилось 6 ледников и 1 озеро. Сейчас здесь 15 ледников и 6 озер. Дан прогноз возможных природных процессов, которые могут здесь произойти. The article provides a critical review of literature data on glaciers and periglacial lakes located in the Bartuydon River Basin (the left tributary of the Karaugomdon River, the left tributary of the Terek River) and the changes they have undergone over the past 53 years. In 1966 there used to be 6 glaciers and 1 lake. There are14 glaciers and 6 lakes now. The paper provides a forecast of possible natural processes that may occur here.


1993 ◽  
Vol 77 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1163-1170 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Derr ◽  
M. A. Persinger

We hypothesized that an equilibrium in seasonal variations between water load and both seismicity and reports of odd, spherical, luminous phenomena within the river basin should result in systematic but phase-lagged relationships between these variables. Within 320 km of the confluence of the Mississippi System, the monthly variation of a specific and major class of UFO reports (which appear to represent luminous phenomena that are generated by tectonic strain) peaked 3 to 4 months ( r = 0.87) after the river crested. The phase lag between these luminous phenomena and seismic activity within the same region was about 6 months. The results support the model that river load-induced strain and fluid percolation into and diffusion within the earth's crust promote the production of natural luminous phenomena.


Author(s):  
D Odontsetseg ◽  
L Janchivdorj ◽  
G Udvaltsetseg ◽  
J Frieden

Nowadays, ecological problems are being caused by economic aspects, and other hand economic issues are arising from ecological and environmental problems. Therefore, it is important to consider both social and economic factors, and take a basin approach to solving environmental problems. To find a relationship between economy and ecology, complex study of river basins is extremely important in establishing conditions for sustainable development in our country. This paper shows the results of applying DPSIR (Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response) analysis for Ulaanbaatar city, undertaken as part of a project on Integrated Water Management for the Selenge River Basin. The DPSIR analysis looks at the linkage between the economy and environment for the water quality and water resources of Ulaanbaatar. We used mDSS4 software to evaluate a range of management responses suggested by these issues and found that charging for pollution and measuring water use would have the largest overall impact on water quality and water resources respectively. The analysis was carried out for Ulaanbaatar, because it was identified as one of the key hotspot areas in the Selenge River Basin, which is the main river basin in Mongolia, in terms of both the economy and natural systems.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5564/pmas.v0i4.43Proceedings of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences 2009 No 4 pp.22-31


Author(s):  
Sazzad Hossain ◽  
Raihanul Haque Khan ◽  
Dilip Kumar Gautum ◽  
Ripon Karmaker ◽  
Amirul Hossain

Abstract. Bangladesh is crisscrossed by the branches and tributaries of three main river systems, the Ganges, Bramaputra and Meghna (GBM). The temporal variation of water availability of those rivers has an impact on the different water usages such as irrigation, urban water supply, hydropower generation, navigation etc. Thus, seasonal flow outlook can play important role in various aspects of water management. The Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC) in Bangladesh provides short term and medium term flood forecast, and there is a wide demand from end-users about seasonal flow outlook for agricultural purposes. The objective of this study is to develop a seasonal flow outlook model in Bangladesh based on rainfall forecast. It uses European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) seasonal precipitation, temperature forecast to simulate HYDROMAD hydrological model. Present study is limited for Ganges and Brahmaputra River Basins. ARIMA correction is applied to correct the model error. The performance of the model is evaluated using coefficient of determination (R2) and Nash–Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE). The model result shows good performance with R2 value of 0.78 and NSE of 0.61 for the Brahmaputra River Basin, and R2 value of 0.72 and NSE of 0.59 for the Ganges River Basin for the period of May to July 2015. The result of the study indicates strong potential to make seasonal outlook to be operationalized.


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