Studies of the surface sheet wash in the SW coastal region of the Issyk-Kul Lake

Abstract

Quantitative data are given on the sheet wash in an arid region under natural environmental conditions. The data were obtained by various methods including markers, phytoindicators, «natural traps». Recent dynamics was studies using the «painted square» technique. The values refer to the average rate of process for various time intervals (from a year to one thousand years) and suggest the dynamics of the process in the region to be of complicated wave-like pattern. The relief evolution proceeded irregularly.