The forecast through December indicates water surpluses in northern European Russia, the Ob River Watershed, and the Middle Yenisei River. Areas of intense deficit include the Lower Yenisei region and the Lena River Watershed. Exceptional surpluses will emerge on the Amu Darya River.
Central Asia & Russia: Water deficits to increase in Yenisei Basin
Central Asia & Russia: Water deficits in W Kazakhstan
Central Asia & Russia: Water deficits forecast for the Yenisei River Basin
The forecast through September indicates that surpluses will shrink in Russia’s Northern European Plain and persist in the Ob River Basin. Intense deficits are forecast for much of the Yenisei River Basin. Intense surpluses in southern Turkmenistan will begin to transition, with conditions of both surplus and deficit as deficits emerge. Deficits will also emerge in northeastern Uzbekistan.
Central Asia & Russia: Water deficits forecast in the Yenisei River Basin
The forecast through July indicates that exceptional water surpluses will persist in southern Turkmenistan. Deficits will emerge in northern Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and around Aktobe in northwestern Kazakhstan. Surpluses in Russia’s Ob River Basin will shrink and moderate overall, and deficits will emerge in the Yenisei River Basin. In the Volga region, surpluses will persist in the Lower Volga northeast of Volgograd, and deficits are forecast in the Middle Volga region.