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The analysis of changes in the morphology of the Lena river in its upper reach for a 100-year-long period revealed morphodynamically uniform channel reaches and identified the dominant geomorphological processes in the valley-floor basement.
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Original Russian Text © M.Yu. Opekunova, 2014, published in Geography and Natural Resources, 2014, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 100–108.
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Opekunova, M.Y. Channel deformations and geomorphological processes in the upper reach of the Lena River. Geogr. Nat. Resour. 35, 157–164 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1875372814020073
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