Assessment of runoff, water and sediment quality in the Selenga River basin aided by a web-based geoservice

Karthe, Daniel; Chalov, Sergey; Moreido, Vsevolod; Pashkina, Margarita; Romanchenko, A.; Batbayar, Gunsmaa; Kalugin, Andrey; Westphal, Katja; Malsy, Marcus; Flörke, Martina

doi:10.1134/s0097807817030113

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“…5% in the subbasin of the Tuul river) to about two thirds (e.g. 66% in the subbasin of the Eroo river) and even more along some of its Russian tributaries (Karthe et al 2017b). At the scale of such subbasins, contrasts become even more evident.…”

Section: Lessons Learned Preservation Of the Mountain Taiga Is A Prermentioning

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Forest Management In Mongolia – A Review Of Challenges And Lessons Learned With Special Reference To Degradation And Deforestation

Gradel

Sukhbaatar

Karthe³

et al. 2019

GES

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The natural conditions, climate change and socio-economic challenges related to the transformation from a socialistic society towards a market-driven system make the implementation of sustainable land management practices in Mongolia especially complicated. Forests play an important role in land management. In addition to providing resources and ecosystem functions, Mongolian forests protect against land degradation.GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY 03 (12) 2019

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Section: Lessons Learned Preservation Of the Mountain Taiga Is A Prermentioning

confidence: 98%

Forest Management In Mongolia – A Review Of Challenges And Lessons Learned With Special Reference To Degradation And Deforestation

Gradel

Sukhbaatar

Karthe³

et al. 2019

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“…Their role is based on intensive sedimentation of the fluvial suspension and its further chemical transformation [23]. The significance of the delta, in the form of wetlands, located before the inlet of the Selenga River into Lake Baikal, was very large in the process of self-purification of surface waters [63]. The retention of nutrients in the lake sediments leads to their temporary immobilisation, which inhibits the transport of pollutants outside the catchment area [61].…”

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Influence of Cascading River–Lake Systems on the Dynamics of Nutrient Circulation in Catchment Areas

Kuriata-Potasznik

Szymczyk

Skwierawski

2020

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Matter circulates in nature constantly, between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, exchanging elements between the biotope and biocenosis. Each aquatic ecosystem is resistant to a specific load, above which its degradation occurs. It seems that the resistance of cascade reservoirs is higher than that of drainless reservoirs. Changes taking place in one part of the river–lake system cause disturbances in the dynamics of nutrient circulation in another. Rivers supplying water to lakes in a river–lake system have a significant impact on their water quality and on the spatial distribution of pollutants in their bottom sediments and in macrophytes located along their route. The assimilation capabilities of cascading river–lake systems result from their reaction to environmental stressors in the form of anthropogenic factors. They act as natural biogeochemical barriers, limiting the transport of pollutants outside ecosystems. In-depth knowledge of the processes taking place in the river–lake systems enables analyses aimed at forecasting the directions and intensity of these changes and predicting the response of the river–lake systems to the loads from the catchment areas. The collected information makes it possible to create simulations of processes occurring in river–lake systems, which allows for effective action to be taken to protect surface waters. This article provides an overview of available literature, presenting significant research results which enable an understanding of these processes.

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“…The population of Mongolia more than tripled since the second half of the 20th century, and it was accompanied by an increase in the proportion of the urban population from 35% to 68.5%, causing a considerable increase in the use of surface water resources [97]. As an important backbone of the regional economy, mining is a major water consumer that has caused increasing water abstraction and contaminant loads originating from mining sites [98]. As a result, the Selenga River, which originates in the mountainous regions of Mongolia and constitutes the largest tributary of Lake Baikal, has experienced a low-water period over the past two decades [99], and the vegetation along the Selenga River exhibited a decreasing trend in intermountain regions that coincided with the reduced water conditions [26].…”

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Contrasting Changes in Vegetation Growth due to Different Climate Forcings over the Last Three Decades in the Selenga-Baikal Basin

Wang

et al. 2019

Remote Sensing

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The Selenga-Baikal Basin, a transboundary river basin between Mongolia and Russia, warmed at nearly twice the global rate and experienced enhanced human activities in recent decades. To understand the vegetation response to climate change, the dynamic spatial-temporal characteristics of the vegetation and the relationships between the vegetation dynamics and climate variability in the Selenga-Baikal Basin were investigated using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and gridded temperature and precipitation data for the period of 1982 to 2015. Our results indicated that precipitation played a key role in vegetation growth across regions that presented multiyear mean annual precipitation lower than 350 mm, although its importance became less apparent over regions with precipitation exceeding 350 mm. Because of the overall temperature-limited conditions, temperature had a more substantial impact on vegetation growth than precipitation. Generally, an increasing trend was observed in the growth of forest vegetation, which is heavily dependent on temperature, whereas a decreasing trend was detected for grassland, for which the predominant growth-limiting factor is precipitation. Additionally, human activities, such as urbanization, mining, increased wildfires, illegal logging, and livestock overgrazing are important factors driving vegetation change.

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Assessment of runoff, water and sediment quality in the Selenga River basin aided by a web-based geoservice

Cited by 36 publications

References 43 publications

Forest Management In Mongolia – A Review Of Challenges And Lessons Learned With Special Reference To Degradation And Deforestation

Forest Management In Mongolia – A Review Of Challenges And Lessons Learned With Special Reference To Degradation And Deforestation

Influence of Cascading River–Lake Systems on the Dynamics of Nutrient Circulation in Catchment Areas

Contrasting Changes in Vegetation Growth due to Different Climate Forcings over the Last Three Decades in the Selenga-Baikal Basin

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