Author(s): M. A. Shahramanjan

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Abstract: On globe Russia suffers from such dangerous natural phenomena as ice jams on the rivers most of all other countries. The main causes of such situation are the geographical situation of the country in the north of Eurasia, the cold climate, and also mainly northern flow direction of the majority of the Russian rivers. Canada (north), USA (Alaska) and the north of Scandinavian Peninsula have such problem also. But these areas are almost uninhabited and not enough developed territories, and it considerably reduces an acuteness of consequences and the damage from these dangerous natural phenomena.

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Year: 2004