Flow Waters, Suspended Matter and Speed of Erosion of Karelian Coast

• Main Authors: M. V. Mityaev, M. V. Gerasimova, М. В. Митяев, М. В. Герасимова
• Other Authors: The work was carried out within the framework of the state task of the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The authors thank the head of the White Sea Biological Station “Kartesh” Candidate of Biological Sciences A.A.Sukhotin, Doctor of Biological Science V.Ya. Berger, E.I.Likhareva for help in carrying out the work, Работа выполнена в рамках государственного задания ММБИ РАН. Авторы благодарят зав. ББС “Картеш” к. б. н. А.А.Сухотина, д. б. н. В.Я. Бергера, Е.И. Лихареву за помощь в выполнении работ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya 2023
• Subjects: скорость эрозии; suspended matter; module suspended matter yield; speed of erosion; водный сток; взвешенные вещества; модуль стока взвешенного вещества; White Sea; Chupa; Keret; Keret’; Arctic; karelian; Polar Record; Белого моря
• Online Access: https://izvestia.igras.ru/jour/article/view/1733; https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587556623010120

To determine the rate of decline in the drainage areas of the Karelian Coast, in the 2005–2017 period yearround observations of watercourses flowing into the Chupa, Medvezhya, Keret and Letnaya bays of the White Sea were carried out. In rivers and streams, seasonal and annual changes in water discharge and suspended matter concentrations were studied. It was revealed that the river water runoff does not exceed 2.5 km3, and the stream runoff does not exceed 45 mln m3 per year. The annual water runoff is distributed as follows: on average, 40 ± 2% is carried out during the spring flood, 33 ± 1% during the autumn flood, and 23 ± 1% during the summer low water. Despite the length of the winter period, the winter water runoff never exceeds 8% of the annual runoff. According to the suspended matter concentration, the watercourses of the Karelian Coast are classified as watercourses with a pure water mass, since the long-term average concentration of suspended matter in them is 3.30 ± 0.95 mg/L. It was revealed that the total river runoff of suspended matter is 6.5 thous. t per year; streams carry out less than 500 t of suspended matter per year. Based on the data obtained, an assessment was made of the module of suspended matter runoff and the rate of erosion of watersheds. The mean long-term modulus of suspended matter runoff averages 1.98 ± 0.31 t km–2 per year, the erosion rate is 1.1 ± 0.17 μm per year (n = 382). The low runoff modulus and the slow rate of decline in the catchment areas are due to the geographical location and geological and geomorphologic structure of the Karelian Coast. С целью определения скорости понижения водосборных пространств Карельского побережья в период 2005–2017 гг. проведены круглогодичные наблюдения водотоков, впадающих в губы Чупа, Медвежья, Кереть и Летняя Белого моря. В реках и ручьях исследовались сезонные и годовые изменения расхода воды и концентраций взвешенных веществ. Выявлено, что речной водный сток не превышает 2.5 км3, а ручьевой – 45 млн м3 в год. Годовой водный сток ...