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Description of the Surface Water Quality Monitoring Network
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1. DESCRIPTION OF THE SURFACE WATER QUALITY MONITORING NETWORK
The field study focused on 20 sampling sites located along the Dnipro River and its tributaries of the 1st and 2nd order, namely Sozh, Oster, Snov, Desna, Iput, Seim, Psiol, Vorskla and Vorslitsa rivers. More specifically, the field study team determined water flow rates, collected water samples and sediment cores and took hydrobiont specimens.
The list of sampling sites and their locations are presented in Table 1.3. and Fig. 1.1.
Table 1.3. Sampling sites monitored during the Dnipro Basin field study
|
Site No. |
River – Sampling Location |
Distance from the River Mouth, km. |
Population Living in River Basins* (within the Russian Federation), thou persons |
Water Flow Rate, m3/sec |
|
1. |
Dnipro – Krasnoye village (on the border with Belarus) |
1659 |
665 |
65.2 |
|
2. |
Dnipro – downstream of Smolensk city |
1727 |
|
54.0 |
|
3. |
Dnipro – upstream of Smolensk city |
1735 |
|
50.1 |
|
4. |
Dnipro – Bolshevo village |
|
|
0.56 |
|
5. |
Sozh – Kliukino village (on the border with Belarus) |
430 |
60 |
7.56 |
|
6. |
Oster – Dubovitsa village (on the border with Ukraine) |
60 |
102 |
- |
|
7. |
Oster – downstream of Roslavl city |
|
|
6.61 |
|
8. |
Iput – Dobrodeyevka village (on the border with Belarus) |
70 |
176 |
35.2 |
|
9. |
Iput – Demianki village |
|
|
|
|
10. |
Snov – Zabrama village (on the border with Ukraine) |
180 |
60 |
8.8 |
|
11. |
Snov – Zasnoviye village |
|
|
- |
|
12. |
Desna – Kamen village (on the border with Ukraine) |
550 |
545 |
109 |
|
13 |
Desna – downstream of Briansk city |
|
|
|
|
14 |
Desna – upstream of Briansk city |
|
|
|
|
15. |
Sudost – Sopychi village (border with Ukraine) |
15 |
140 |
29.7 |
|
16. |
Sudost – Zhyriatino village |
|
|
- |
|
17. |
Seim – Tiotkino village (on the border with Ukraine) |
220 |
620 |
56.9 |
|
18. |
Psiol – Gornal village ( on the border with Ukraine) |
520 |
180 |
13.8 |
|
19. |
Vorslitsa – Spodariushyno village (on the border with Ukraine) |
50 |
15 |
1.52 |
|
20. |
Vorskla – Kozinka village (on the border with Ukraine) |
348 |
40 |
3.03 |
