Impact of fires and felling on water regime of the Middle and Lower Amur rivers basin

The authors have made the analysis of water regime in the rivers of the Middle and Lower Amur woodland watersheds, subjected to frequent fires and felling. They have represented the conclusions made on basis of the dynamics of annual highest water levels in the rivers, which is connected with changeability of the forests current state parameters observed from satellites. They state that the trend to lowering the highest annual flood waves' regime is activated by anthropogenic load on the Amur River basin, forest fires representing the main factor, 80-90% of them being caused by man.