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Impact Of Mozhaysk Dam On The Moscow River Sediment Transport

Sokolov

Dmitriy I.

GSP-1, Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119991

Erina

Oxana N.

GSP-1, Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119991

oxana.erina@geogr.msu.ru

Tereshina

Maria A.

GSP-1, Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119991

Puklakov

Valeriy V.

GSP-1, Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119991

Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussian Federation

2020

31122020

1342431

2020

Sokolov D.I., Erina O.N., Tereshina M.A., Puklakov V.V.

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Sediments are an essential part of the aquatic environment that define its transformation and development. The construction of dams results in severe changes in sediment fluxes. This study aims to assess how the sediment load of the upper Moskva River is affected by the Mozhaysk Dam flow regulation and to estimate its dynamics over the years of the reservoir’s existence. Our analysis of the 1968, 2012 and 2016 detailed field data shows a 20-40% decrease in the proportion of the spring flood in the annual sediment load into the reservoir, which is caused by changes in the streamflow regime of the inflowing rivers. The peak suspended sediment concentrations have decreased 5- to 10-fold, likely due to a significant decline in the watershed’s cultivated land area, which caused a decrease in the erosion rate. In the Moskva River below the dam, the seasonal dynamics of the suspended sediment concentration no longer corresponds to the natural regime. The annual suspended load of the Moskva River below the Mozhaysk Reservoir decreased up to 9-fold. The sediment retention in the reservoir has dropped from 90% to 70-85% and is to some extent restored by an outflow of the particulate organic matter produced in the reservoir. We also described the relationships between water turbidity and suspended sediment concentration of the reservoir’s tributaries, which allow for the first time to estimate the sediment load with higher accuracy than was previously possible.

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This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 19-77-30004) with regard to calculations and methodology. Data collection was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 19-05-00087 a). Sediment balance of the reservoir was estimated with support of the Russian Geographical Society (project “The Moscow River from the headwaters to the mouth”).

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