Hydrological zoning of rivers basins in the Kamchatka Peninsula

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Previous studies indicated an overturning process of the North Pacific seawater originating in the Sea of Okhotsk is important to the entire North Pacific, while our recent work verified that the freshwater discharge from the western Kamchatka Peninsula (KP) is affecting the strength of such process. On the basis of our previous work, we further analyze and discuss the regional, seasonal and interannual features of the river discharge from the KP and their meanings, and present a new hydrological zoning of the KP by using river discharge and meteorological data.