Assessment of the suspended sediment yield in the rivers' basin of the russian plain

Abstract

The forest-steppe landscapes on the east of the Russian Plain possess favourable agro-climatic resources. The evaluation of the suspended sediment yield was performed for the rivers' basin of the East Russian Plane. The following aspects of the subject were being studied: examination of the calculated values of suspended sediment yield in the small rivers' basins on the mathematical - statistical model of the sediment load; building the map of spreading the sediment yield; studying the suspended sediment yield spatial trends in the small rivers' basins. The study area is located within the forest, forest-steppe and northern part of the steppe landscape of the Russian Plain and comprises more than 130 000 km2. The calculated values of sediment yield module for each of 3331 basins of the examined territory were calculated. © IDOSI Publications, 2013.