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Information about the authors
Manira A. Beysembaeva, postgraduate student, Tomsk State University.
Larissa I. Dubrovskaya, Cand. Sc., Associate Professor of the Department of Hydrology, Tomsk State University.
Valery A. Zemtsov, Dr. Sc., Head of the Department of Hydrology, Tomsk State University.