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The flood time of Siberian Rivers coincides with the spring and summer period and is characterised by intensive water feeding because of intensive snow melting. At all that, the most annual water discharge is formed, the latter, by turn, causes erosion processes. In addition, in years with excessive amount of flood water, the inhabitants suffer economic losses very much: E.g., economic activity areas are flooded, engineering structures are washed away and damaged. A number of factors form high water level such as ...

The article deals with several ways of monitoring bank line changes, such as the cartographic and two modern satellite-based methods, one of which is the method of satellite images interpretation. It is easy to use and does not need expensive equipment or fieldwork. The second of the satellite-based methods, the field method with the application of satellite positioning system, is characterized by high accuracy and effectiveness of results but requires expensive equipment and fieldworks. The danger of erosion is t...