Morphometric Analysis to Extrapolate Geoecological Potential of the Rivers in the “Iron Gates” Natural Park (Banat, Romania)

Cristian Tetelea

doi:10.1515/trser-2015-0031

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Morphometric Analysis to Extrapolate Geoecological Potential of the Rivers in the “Iron Gates” Natural Park (Banat, Romania)

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

Volume 16 (2014): Issue 3 (December 2014)

By: Cristian Tetelea

Open Access

|Nov 2016

Abstract

The present study is based on morphometric analysis of watersheds from the “Iron Gates” Natural Park. Morphometric parameters of a river basin are influenced by a series of biotic and abiotic factors. This aspect makes the morphometric analysis very useful in describing the river systems and offers an image of all the interactions and processes that define the geoecological potential of running waters ecosystems. The parameters used in morphometric analysis are a good alternative for understanding the underlying geoecological factors at watershed scale, and especially where the necessary data on soil, lithology, geomorphology, vegetation and other are scarce.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0031 | Journal eISSN: 2344-3219 | Journal ISSN: 1841-7051

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Language: English

Page range: 29 - 46

Published on: Nov 17, 2016

Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

Keywords:

Romania,

“Iron Gates” Natural Park,

rivers,

morphometric analyses,

geoecology

Related subjects:

Life sciences,

Ecology

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