Mud-flows passing along the Gerhozhansu river - the tributary of the Baksan - and getting to the channel of the latter, have a great effect on its deformation morphology, granulometric composition of alluvium for the space of 8 km. The long-term action of the mud-flows has led to the longitudinal profile of the Baksan's channel and to the formation of the three characteristic sections, which differ in many parameters. The sections are: the zone of affluent, channel within the debris cone, and the downstream site of mud-flow deposits reworking. Catastrophic mud-flows in the year of 2000, carried the enormous amount of solid material, transformed the channel morphology radically and conditioned the channel processes in the area under consideration for long.
Mud-flows passing along the Gerhozhansu river - the tributary of the Baksan - and getting to the channel of the latter, have a great effect on its deformation morphology, granulometric composition of alluvium for the space of 8 km. The long-term action of the mud-flows has led to the longitudinal profile of the Baksan's channel and to the formation of the three characteristic sections, which differ in many parameters. The sections are: the zone of affluent, channel within the debris cone, and the downstream site of mud-flow deposits reworking. Catastrophic mud-flows in the year of 2000, carried the enormous amount of solid material, transformed the channel morphology radically and conditioned the channel processes in the area under consideration for long.
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