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The White Sea is Russia’s inland sea. The chapter contains a description of a new model for structural organization of the White Sea as an estuarine system and characteristics of the main factors forming the sea’s regime. Following an overall typification of the coast, the chapter presents general characteristics of the coastal structure, landscapes and biological features, as well as the development of morphodynamic and lithodynamic processes. A description is provided on the morphology of the landscape and coastal marine areas, including lagoons and the estuarine coast. The data on unique natural objects, rare and endangered species and anthropogenic impacts on the White Sea coasts are discussed.
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Ignatov, E., Kalynychenko, O., Pantiulin, A. (2017). The White Sea as an Estuarine System. In: Kosyan, R. (eds) The Diversity of Russian Estuaries and Lagoons Exposed to Human Influence. Estuaries of the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43392-9_8
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