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Geography and Geoecology of Rivers and River Basins

A special issue of Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrogeology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2020) | Viewed by 18799

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Fedor Lisetskii

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Federal and Regional Centre for Aerospace and Surface Monitoring of the Objects and Natural Resources, Belgorod State National Research University, 308015 Belgorod, Russia
Interests: biogeochemistry; soil science; trace elements; ecology; land use; erosion science; geoarchaeology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

River basins and watersheds are spatio-temporal structures of geographical space in which water masses, suspended loads, and bed loads are system-forming flows. The basin concept of environmental management is a promising idea that not only ensures the harmonization of water use and land use in landscapes with high human activity, but also involves geodemographic, ecological, protected, recreational, socio-economic, and other solutions. Therefore, specialists from such fields as hydrology, geography, geomorphology, environmental sciences, hydrochemistry, pedology, and geoinformatics can contribute to the development of solutions to this problem. The investigation of river basins is interdisciplinary, and thus, this approach will obviously be the most productive. Interdisciplinary approaches and their practical implementation in a variety of landscapes and social economic conditions are particularly welcome in this Special Issue.

This Special Issue focuses on spatial and functional aspects of the basin organization of the landscape.

The main emphasis in presenting the results of studying river basins for the Special Issue should fit into the policy of the main journal – Geosciences, which welcomes the interaction of the solid earth, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and the biosphere. Specifically, papers are invited that suggest ways to solve environmental problems at different scale levels, such as the following:

  • The geoscientific approach to the study of multiscale river basins;
  • GIS and remote sensing as tools for designing, monitoring, and managing basin geosystems;
  • Formation of an ecological framework and geodemographic and economic geoplanning within river basins;
  • Hydroecological monitoring of river basins and river flow;
  • Protection zones of rivers and water bodies: spatial planning, construction, ensuring functionality, and involving local communities in protection;
  • New approaches to soil and water conservation of basins, including transboundary agreements.

Prof. Fedor Lisetskii
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • rivers and their basins
  • watersheds
  • large-scale levels of basin organization
  • erosion
  • water flow
  • geochemical migration
  • sediments
  • agrochemicals
  • watershed ecology
  • watershed arrangement

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Editorial
Rivers in the Focus of Natural-Anthropogenic Situations at Catchments
by Fedor Lisetskii
Geosciences 2021, 11(2), 63; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11020063 - 31 Jan 2021
Cited by 7 | Viewed by 1495
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Although surface water is the most accessible type of water resource for industrial and agricultural use, it is the most vulnerable to depletion in quantity and quality [...] Full article
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The Functioning of Erosion-channel Systems of the River Basins of the South of Eastern Siberia
by Olga I. Bazhenova, Aleksandr V. Bardash, Stanislav A. Makarov, Marina Yu. Opekunova, Sergei A. Tukhta and Elizaveta M. Tyumentseva
Geosciences 2020, 10(5), 176; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10050176 - 11 May 2020
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We revealed the regional features of the functioning of the erosion-channel systems of the Angara, Upper Lena, Selenga, and Upper Amur basins in the south of Eastern Siberia and examined the action of sloping non-channel, temporary, and permanent channel water flows, and presented [...] Read more.
We revealed the regional features of the functioning of the erosion-channel systems of the Angara, Upper Lena, Selenga, and Upper Amur basins in the south of Eastern Siberia and examined the action of sloping non-channel, temporary, and permanent channel water flows, and presented the patterns of the spatial distribution of soil and gully erosion belts. The development conditions and factors of fluvial processes are considered and the role of cryogenic processes in the increasing activity of water flows is emphasized. The interdecadal dynamic cycles of the erosion-accumulative processes are revealed. A quantitative assessment of soil loss from erosion on agricultural land in the forest-steppe basins was carried out. We made an assessment of the plane deformation of the upper course of the Lena river (Siberian platform) and Irkut (Baikal rift zone and the Irkutsk-Cheremkhovo plain) using cartographic sources of different times, aerial photographs, and satellite imagery. The contribution of extreme fluvial events to sediment redistribution in river basins is shown. Particular attention is paid to the mudflow impact, floods, and channel deformations on the ecological state of the basin systems. Full article
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Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of the Ephemeral Gully Belt on the Plowed Slopes of River Basins in Natural and Anthropogenic Landscapes of the East of the Russian Plain
by Oleg Yermolayev, Evgeniya Platoncheva and Benedict Essuman-Quainoo
Geosciences 2020, 10(5), 167; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10050167 - 6 May 2020
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Erosion is the leading process of soil degradation on agricultural land. In the spectrum of erosion processes, the most unfavorable for soil degradation are the processes of linear (ephemeral and gully) erosion. An assessment of the dynamics of linear erosion in the intensive [...] Read more.
Erosion is the leading process of soil degradation on agricultural land. In the spectrum of erosion processes, the most unfavorable for soil degradation are the processes of linear (ephemeral and gully) erosion. An assessment of the dynamics of linear erosion in the intensive farming zone of the European part of Russia (EPR) is relevant due to the lack of generalized data on the development of this type of erosion in the post-Soviet period and also, due to the highest intensity of soil erosion in the ephemeral gully erosion. The development of information technologies and the availability of high-resolution and ultra-high-resolution satellite images make it possible to solve the problems of ephemeral gully erosion belts identification, and also makes it possible to trace the dynamics of development of stream erosion on arable lands over a period characterized by the greatest changes in the climate system and economic conditions in the post-Soviet period (1980s–2010s). The study was conducted on the eastern wing of the boreal ecotone of the Russian Plain within the southern border of these zones of mixed and broad-leaved forests, forest-steppe, and steppe landscapes using the basin approach. For the initial material, satellite images of medium (30 m) and high resolution (0.5–1.5 m) were used in the work. The study used methods of image interpretation such as remote sensing of the earth and geoinformation mapping. For 70 key areas (interfluve spaces of river basins), the study developed a method of geoinformation mapping of the ephemeral gully erosion belt dynamics on arable lands. In the same way, the research developed a system of quantitative indicators characterizing its development on arable slopes. The dynamics of ephemeral gully erosion was evaluated over three-time intervals: the 1980s, 2000s, and 2010s by determining the horizontal dissection (density) and density of ephemeral gully erosion. Over the past 30 years, in the direction from the south of the forest sub-zone to the forest-steppe and steppe landscapes, there was a sharp increase in the horizontal dissection and density of the ephemeral gully network: an average of 4.6 and 10 times, respectively. The ephemeral gully erosion belt advances toward the watershed because of the formation of new erosion in the upper parts of the ephemeral gully networks and its extension, while there is a noticeable reduction in the width of the erosion-weakly active belt-sheet and rill erosion. Full article
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Assessment of Anthropogenic Pressure on the Volga Federal District Territory Using River Basin Approach
by Svetlana Mukharamova, Maxim Ivanov and Oleg Yermolaev
Geosciences 2020, 10(4), 139; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10040139 - 11 Apr 2020
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The analysis of the geoecological state of basin geosystems was carried out by evaluation of the anthropogenic pressure on the basin. As indicators that directly or indirectly reflect the anthropogenic impact, the following were used: population density in the basin, density of the [...] Read more.
The analysis of the geoecological state of basin geosystems was carried out by evaluation of the anthropogenic pressure on the basin. As indicators that directly or indirectly reflect the anthropogenic impact, the following were used: population density in the basin, density of the road network, and agricultural development of the basin territory. The spatial and statistical distributions of indicators were analyzed after the indicators were brought to a unified scale (transformation, normalization). The integral indicator of anthropogenic pressure, calculated as a linear combination of individual variables, was ranked to six categories of anthropogenic pressure: “absent”, “very low”, “low”, “moderate”, “high”, and “very high”. Using the developed methodology and prepared geodata, for the first time at scale of 1:200,000, the territory of the Volga Federal District was zoned according to the anthropogenic pressure on each river basin. Basins with a high and very high pressure are concentrated around large cities. Most of the basins belonging to the categories of low and moderate anthropogenic pressure are located in the forest-steppe and steppe zones with maximal agricultural development. Basins with zero and very low pressure lie in the north of the study area, in the forest zone, and in the southern Ural. Full article
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Geoecological Assessment of Anthropogenic Impacts on the Osetr River Basin
by Yuliya Yurova and Vera Shirokova
Geosciences 2020, 10(4), 121; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10040121 - 28 Mar 2020
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This paper presents the results of a geoecological assessment of the human-induced impact on the geosystem components of the Osetr river basin in the Moscow region. To assess the surface water quality of this river basin, hydrochemical surveys were conducted which included the [...] Read more.
This paper presents the results of a geoecological assessment of the human-induced impact on the geosystem components of the Osetr river basin in the Moscow region. To assess the surface water quality of this river basin, hydrochemical surveys were conducted which included the determination of parameters such as the pH index, water temperature, the amount of dissolved oxygen (O2), electrical conductivity, salt content, COD (chemical oxygen demand), BOD5 (biochemical oxygen demand for 5 days), etc. Within the framework of ecological monitoring, a reconnaissance survey of the dam in Zaraysk was conducted, during which the basic ecological indicators were determined. The assessment was performed to assess the radiation, chemical, sanitary, epidemiological, and physical–ecological risk factors. The work resulted in geoecological zoning of the middle part of the Osetr river basin based on water pollution levels (WPI—water pollution index, SCWPI—specific combinatorial water pollution index), the amount of human-induced impact, and the human-induced load (point-rating method), using definitions of five categories of river channel sections with human-induced load and ecosystem conditions. Full article
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Hydrological Impact of Ilisu Dam on Mosul Dam; the River Tigris
by Abdul-Sahib T. Al-Madhhachi, Khayyun A. Rahi and Wafa K. Leabi
Geosciences 2020, 10(4), 120; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10040120 - 27 Mar 2020
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The Ilisu Dam is part of the Turkish Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) and is the largest dam on the Tigris River in Turkey. It is located on the main river course 65 km upstream of the Syrian and Iraqi border. The Ilisu Dam [...] Read more.
The Ilisu Dam is part of the Turkish Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) and is the largest dam on the Tigris River in Turkey. It is located on the main river course 65 km upstream of the Syrian and Iraqi border. The Ilisu Dam watershed is the same as that of the Mosul Dam in Iraq. Sharing the same watershed with the Mosul Dam and located upstream, the Ilisu Dam will usurp most of the watershed and deprive the Mosul Dam of most of its current inflow. This paper presents an assessment of the hydrological impact (basically predicts changes on future inflow) of the Ilisu Dam on the Mosul Dam. The assessment is based on the worst-case scenario. The analyses that are employed include geographic information system (GIS) techniques and regression models, along with statistical analyses to numerate expected future impacts on the Mosul Dam’s inflow distribution. Results reveal that the Ilisu will have a drastic impact on the inflow regime of the Mosul Dam. A reduction as high as 78% of the inflow of the Mosul Dam may occur if the operation of the Ilisu and the Cizre Dams is conducted with no consideration of downstream hydrological and environment impacts. Full article
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