Ecological-geomorphological assessment of the suburban area of Astana

Impact of Anthropogenic Transformation of Riverbeds on the Water Resources of Arid Regions (The Yesil and Nura Rivers Case, North Kazakhstan)

“…Fluctuations of the Yesil river levels over low water within the suburban zone of Nur-Sultan are 4.5-5 m, of the Nura river -2.5-6 m [6,20]. The runoff of the rivers goes through significant fluctuations, both in the intra-annual and interannual context [21]. The average long-term flow rate of the river Yesil near the Volgodonovka village is 3.49 m 3 /s, of the river Nura near the R. Koshkarbayev village is 21 m 3 /s (1973-2015) [8,9].…”