SARNAVSKIY S.P., GREBIN V.V. TRANSFORMATION OF THE RIVER NETWORK WITHIN THE LEFT BANK OF THE MIDDLE DNIPRO IN THE 19TH-21ST CENTURIES
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/2306-5680.2024.3.5
Hydrology, Hydrochemistry and Hydroecology. 2024. № 3 (73)
Publication language: Ukrainian
Authors:
Sarnavskiy S.P., Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical UniversityGrebin V.V., Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
The article provides a retrospective analysis of the transformation of the river system of the left tributaries of the Middle Dnieper during the 19th – early 21st centuries. based on the cartographic research method by overlaying maps of the corresponding time sections and satellite images (1985-2020). Based on this, the total length of the river network, the number of watercourses, and the density of the river network were calculated for the entire left bank of the Middle Dnieper as well as for key river basins.
These rivers are the main source of water resources in agriculture, industry, housing and communal services, have significant hydropower potential, are actively used in recreational activities, fishing, to a lesser extent for river transport and are the most diverse part of the landscape with a combination of forest, meadow, steppe, swamp and coastal water natural complexes. Local water resources, calculated per 1 person, are 964 m³ of water per year, which is lower than the average for Ukraine. Therefore, studies of the rivers of the region are quite relevant in terms of the impact of economic use and the transformation of natural components as a result of global climate change.
Based on the data obtained from the comparison of topographic maps of different ages of the 19th and 20th centuries, and satellite images of different years of the 20th and 21st centuries, a dynamic cartographic model of the transformation of the length and number of the river network of the left bank of the Middle Dnieper was created.
Key words: river network; transformation; Middle Dnieper; left tributaries; number of rivers; length of rivers; density of the river network.
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HOW TO CITE
Sarnavskiy, S.P., Grebin, V.V. (2024). Transformation of the River Network within the Left Bank of the Middle Dnipro in the 19th-21st Centuries. Hidrolohiia, hidrokhimiia i hidroekolohiia [Hydrology, Hydrochemistry and Hydroecology], 3 (73), 49-63. (in Ukrainian, abstr. in English). https://doi.org/10.17721/2306-5680.2024.3.5