The Major Basins within the Pan-Arctic Drainage System





Discharge Graphic

The Russian pan-Arctic watershed, partitioned according to drainage regions for each coastal Sea. River discharge gauges (red dots) and a river discharge field (blue lines) calculated from the observed record are also included. The inset shows a preliminary simulation run of the Permafrost Water Balance Model for the Ob River basin covering the period 1960-1990.




Paleo graphic

The Late Weichselian Progracial Drainage System after Grosswald (1980). An example of the configuration of the Eurasian hydrologic system during one interpretation of the glacial maxima.


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