New definitions, regionalization, and typification of river mouth areas and estuaries as their parts

The problems of studying river mouth areas and their parts, namely, estuaries and deltas are discussed. The step is taken to combine the concept of river mouth area and mouth processes developed in our country with the concept for estuary and estuarine processes widely spread among foreign scientist...

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Published inWater resources Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 247 - 260
Main Authors Mikhailov, V. N., Gorin, S. L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.05.2012
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Aquatic Pollution
Brackish
Coastal zone management
Deltas
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Estuaries
Freshwater
Hydrogeology
Hydrology/Water Resources
River basins
River mouth
Rivers
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
Water resources
Water Resources and the Regime of Water Bodies
mouth area
water mass
coastal zone
estuary
delta
river
sea
water mixing
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Summary:The problems of studying river mouth areas and their parts, namely, estuaries and deltas are discussed. The step is taken to combine the concept of river mouth area and mouth processes developed in our country with the concept for estuary and estuarine processes widely spread among foreign scientists. In this connection, the article offers new definitions of a river mouth area and estuary as well as new schemes of regionalization of river mouth areas and typification of estuaries. The types of river mouth areas and estuaries are illustrated by case studies.
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ISSN:0097-8078
1608-344X
DOI:10.1134/S0097807812030050