ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES IN DRAIN IN LOWERS OF THE SYRDARYA RIVER
Based on the analysis of information and analytical materials of the Main Administration of the USSR Hydrometeorological Service, RGP «Kazgidromet» and the «Aral-Syrdarya Basin Inspectorate for Regulation of Use and Protection of Water Resources», the Committee on Water Resources of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan has estimated the anthropogenic flow change in the lower reaches of the Syrdarya River on hydrological posts, with the determination of the coefficient of desiccation, characterized by a decrease in the carrying capacity of the river under the influence of not only changes in the hydrological regime of the river in the upper reaches, but also economic activities carried out in the catchments of the river basin.