Environmental assessment of the Psel river (within the Kursk region) by a complex of hydrological indicators

Dmitrieva Ekaterina Leonidovna

in the course of our own research, we can conclude that the deterioration of the hydrological regime of the Psel river can lead to an extremely difficult and unstable ecological situation both of the river itself and its valley. The main problems of deterioration of the hydrological regime of the PSL can be attributed to a drop in the water level and a decrease in the flow rate in the river, which will lead to the following consequences: rapid overgrowth of aquatic vegetation, lowering the water level in tributaries of the PSL, floodplain and riverine swamps, lakes, which causes a sharp decrease in the area of open mirrors of the Ples and, accordingly, a decrease in almost all groups of birds of the water, wetland and water-coastal complex.

Keywords:ecological assessment, river Psel, hydrological indicators, anthropogenic activity, hydrological regime, ecological situation.