An assessment is made of the lake resources of Russia in particular regions identified on the basis of the genetic principle, i. e. an approximate even-aged origin of most lake basins within the territory. It was determined that a little less than two-thirds of all water bodies are located on the coastal plains of the seas of the Arctic and Pacific Oceans, which account for one-fifth of the country’s area. The climatic conditions of the coastal zone are favorable for the existence of lakes, most of which owe their origin to relatively recent (on a geological time scale) marine transgressions. The total water surface area of the coastal plains makes up about 40% of the total area of all water bodies of Russia; however, they contains only 1.3% of the total water volume of the country because most of these water bodies are shallow. The territories that were previously under the cover of the Valdai glaciation occupy about 4% of the country, their water surface area is about 18%, and the number of water bodies located there makes up 6% of the total number for Russia. The lakes remaining on the site of the Valdai glaciation contain more than 5% of the total volume of the country’s waters. About 90% of the entire lake waters are concentrated in mountainous regions, where a significant part of the deepest and most capacious lakes including Baikal are located, but the number of water bodies is only 5.6% of the total number in the country, and the water surface area is 13%. It is shown that since the origin of the lakes is primarily determined by the geological history of the region, their distribution over the territory is rather weakly dependent on climatic factors. An increased lake percentage is observed in regions that had ridded themselves of sea waters and glacial cover at the interface of the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene; within these regions, changes in lake percentage are governed by differences in sculptural landforms.

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俄罗斯联邦湖区及其水资源

对俄罗斯在特定地区的湖泊资源进行了评估，这些地区是根据遗传原理确定的，即该领土内大多数湖盆的近似均匀年龄起源。经确定，所有水体中不到三分之二位于北冰洋和太平洋海域的沿海平原，占该国面积的五分之一。沿海地区的气候条件有利于湖泊的存在，其中大部分湖泊起源于相对较新的（在地质时间尺度上）海侵。沿海平原的总水面面积约占俄罗斯所有水体总面积的40%；然而，它们仅占该国总水量的 1.3%，因为这些水体大部分都很浅。以前被瓦尔代冰川覆盖的领土约占全国的4%，水面面积约为18%，位于那里的水体数量占俄罗斯总数的6%。留在瓦尔代冰川遗址上的湖泊占该国水域总量的 5% 以上。整个湖泊约90%的水域集中在山区，其中包括贝加尔湖在内的最深、最广阔的湖泊有很大一部分位于山区，但水体数量仅占全国总数量的5.6%，水表面积为13%。结果表明，由于湖泊的起源主要是由该地区的地质历史决定的，它们在领土上的分布对气候因素的依赖性很小。在晚更新世和全新世的交界处已经摆脱了海水和冰川覆盖的地区，观察到湖泊百分比增加；在这些区域内，湖泊百分比的变化受雕塑地貌差异的影响。