Hydrological Processes in a Lagoon–Channel Estuary in the Warm Season: Case Study of the Mouth of the Bol’shaya R., Western Kamchatka

S. L. Gorin^a^,*, A. A. Popryadukhin^b, and M. V. Koval’^c
Translated by G. Krichevets

^aRussian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Moscow, 107140 Russia

^bFaculty of Geography, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991 Russia

^cKamchatka Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii, 683000 Russia

Correspondence to: *e-mail: gorinser@mail.ru

Received 6 September, 2017

Abstract—The results of long-term field studies are used to consider in detail the issues of hydrological regime formation in a lagoon–channel estuary of the Bol’shaya R. in Kamchatka krai, one of the most remote and poorly know Russian regions. A vast body of factual data is given to characterize the estuary and the processes taking place in it, as well as the natural conditions under which it exists.

Keywords: river mouth area, estuary, hydrology, water masses, water mixing, Kamchatka

DOI: 10.1134/S009780781901007X