A discussion was held at a joint meeting of the departments of Hydrology of Land and Water Resources, Climate and Agroclimatology, Political and Economic Geography of Azerbaijan, Monitoring of the Caspian Sea, Geomorphology and Natural Risks of the Institute of Geography named after acad. H.A. Aliyev of the MSEAR, on the dissertation work of the leading researcher of the department of "Hydrology of Land and Water Resources" Juma Khazret oghlu Mamedov on the topic "Hydrodynamic patterns of flood formation in the Azerbaijani part of the Greater Caucasus" for the degree of Doctor of Geographical Sciences in specialty 5406.01 - Hydrology.

The scientific work of J. Mamedov moved to the next stage of discussion.