Open AccessZarys przyrodniczych i antropogenicznych uwarunkowań rozwoju systemów dolinnych i korytowych w Polsce
Author(s) -
Leon Andrzejewski,
Kazimierz Krzemień,
Zbigniew Zwoliński
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
la. landform analysis/landform analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2081-5980
pISSN - 1429-799X
DOI - 10.12657/landfana-037-002
Subject(s) - channel (broadcasting) , geography , natural (archaeology) , typology , current (fluid) , floodplain , climate change , physical geography , environmental resource management , geology , environmental science , archaeology , cartography , oceanography , engineering , electrical engineering
The paper is an attempt to review the state of current knowledge and discussion on the evolution and typology of valley and river channel systems in Poland. Contemporary landscapes of valley systems and river channel systems reflect the overlap of multiple natural and anthropogenic factors. Among them, climate changes and regional morphotectonic and morphogenetic determinants are of crucial importance. Over the last decades, these landscapes have undergone substantial transformations, among others as a result of climate change and as a consequence of changing hydrological conditions, land use, as well as a result of increasing human interference in river channel and valley systems. It thus follows from the circumstances that attempts are made to classify different evolutionary types and subtypes of river valleys and different types of contemporary river channel patterns and floodplains that reflect complex and often overlapping natural and anthropogenic conditions.