The experience of degraded landscapes and water bodies restoration in the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain: the hydrological aspect

In the article the results of the survey on the hydrological regime restoration of one of the degraded lakes in the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain in 2012 is addressed - Sotovo lake (Svetloyarsky area of the Volgograd region). Treat a problem of the water loss by the evaporation and filtering in the ground in the first year after the filling of the lake. Provide a references about the restoration of the natural flowthrough mode of the Sotovo lake.