CHANGES IN THE RUNOFF OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS OF THE VILYUY RIVER BY THE CASCADE OF RESERVOIRS
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- Dmitry V. Magritsky Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia , ФГБОУ ВО «Московский государственный университет имени М.В. Ломоносова», г. Москва, Россия
- Vsevolod M. Moreido Water Problems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia , Институт водных проблем РАН, г. Москва, Россия
- Kristina N. Prokopeva Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia , ФГБОУ ВО «Московский государственный университет имени М.В. Ломоносова», г. Москва, Россия
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Estimates of the influence of the Vilyuy river reservoir cascade on the transformation of river streamflow discharges and suspended sediments load are presented in the article. The estimates are based on long-term network observations, field measurements in August-September 2021, and satellite imagery. During the fieldwork studies, the horizontal and vertical distribution of water turbidity in the headwaters of the Vilyuy reservoir was estimated, the longitudinal transformation of turbidity patterns in the Svetlinskoe reservoir and downstream Vilyuy river to the Suntar village was assessed. It is shown that due to the backwater from the Vilyuy HPP-1,2 dams, most of the river sediments are deposited in the estuarine zones of large tributaries of the reservoir. The highest water turbidity is also observed here according to sampling and satellite imagery data. Based on the results of ground-penetrating radar survey of the reservoir bottom, it was revealed that the deposition of a significant part of river sediments in the upper compartments of the Vilyuy reservoir explains the absence of contemporary river sediments in this part near the dam. The sediment balance of the Vilyuy reservoir was calculated, accounting for the sediments released downstream of the dam. Based on all the collected data, the nature of the longitudinal transformation of the impacts of reservoirs on water discharges and levels, sediment discharges and water turbidity along the entire length of the middle and lower Vilyuy is discussed. It is shown that almost all the rivers of the Vilyuy basin show a tendency towards a decrease in their sediment runoff. At the same time, anomalies in the runoff and electrical conductivity of water were found in some tributaries of the river Vilyuy, subject to strong anthropogenic impact.
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