CARTOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF EROSION NETWORK STRUCTURE OF THE EUROPEAN RUSSIA

I. I. Nikol’skaya; S. D. Prokhorova

doi:10.15356/0435-4281-2014-2-

CARTOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF EROSION NETWORK STRUCTURE OF THE EUROPEAN RUSSIA

I. I. Nikol’skaya, S. D. Prokhorova

https://doi.org/10.15356/0435-4281-2014-2-

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Abstract

Gullies with the length more than 70 m were included for the first time on the map of the “Erosion network structure of the European Russia” besides of rivers and dry valleys. Total density of erosion network (km/km2) within the 1st Hortonian Order river basins has been determined as well as percentage of each level of the fluvial network (gullies, dry valleys, and small rivers) in total value of the drainage density. These percentages were also evaluated within the geomorphological regions of the European Russia, which allows distinguishing the dominant types of erosion network for any such region. Analysis of the map has shown that total density of erosion network varies from 0.2 to 3.5 km/km2 within the European Russia.

Keywords

erosion network, gully, dry valley, river

About the Authors

I. I. Nikol’skaya

Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Geographical Department

S. D. Prokhorova

Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Geographical Department

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Nikol’skaya I.I., Prokhorova S.D. CARTOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF EROSION NETWORK STRUCTURE OF THE EUROPEAN RUSSIA. Geomorfologiya. 2014;(2):53-60. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/0435-4281-2014-2-