Open AccessFLUVIAL LANDFORMS SEEN AS CAUSES OF THE DANUBE FLOODS CASE STUDY: OLTENITA - CALARASI SECTOR
Author(s) -
Ştefania Grigorie,
Florina Grécu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of engineering studies and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2344-4932
pISSN - 2068-7559
DOI - 10.29081/jesr.v21i1.39
Subject(s) - landform , floodplain , fluvial , wetland , drainage , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , flood myth , current (fluid) , permafrost , physical geography , geography , environmental science , geomorphology , water resource management , cartography , ecology , archaeology , geotechnical engineering , biology , structural basin , oceanography
The aim of this paper is to analyze the fluvial landforms and to identify the main factors that influence the Danube floods. In this respect, we have performed a short analysis of the morphological and morphometric elements of the Danube Floodplain from the Oltenita - Calarasi area, of the wetlands and a correlation between these and the floods that have been cause. Finally, the current situation of embankments was assessed. For understanding the causes of floods in the studied area, two aspects should be taken into consideration: the morphometric and morphologic properties of the floodplain (low altitudes, low slope, low roughness ) and human intervention (drainage of the lakes and wetlands, harnessing measures like irrigation and drainage channels, lack of embankments rehabilitation).