Correction of the definition of a water body type and kind based on engineering hydro/meteorological surveys and historical materials (the South Agrakhan reservoir as a study case)

Abstract

Information on water bodies on the territory of the Russian Federation is contained in the State Water Register (SWR). Water bodies that have not yet been represented in the State Water Register are actually taken out of the legal framework of the Water Code of the Russian Federation. In order for a water body to be included in the register, its status - type and kind – must be established. One of the objects, information about which is still lacking in the SWR, is the so-called South Agrakhan reservoir, formed on the site of the southern part of the water area of the Agrakhan Bay of the Caspian Sea. The South Agrakhan reservoir is currently considered as part of the sea bay, and its status has not been established.

Keywords

• state water register
• water body
• caspian sea
• agrakhan bay
• terek river
• south agrakhan
• water body status
• water body type
• water body kind
• water body class
• reservoir
• sea bay
• lake
• engineering hydro/meteorological surveys