Open AccessMORPHOGRAPHIC STUDY OF BOIULUI VALLEY HYDROGRAPHIC BASIN
Author(s) -
Lavinia Daiana GARAI
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
analele universităţii din oradea. seria geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2065-3409
pISSN - 1221-1273
DOI - 10.30892/auog.311104-867
Subject(s) - hydrography , structural basin , sinuosity , geology , karst , hydrology (agriculture) , drainage basin , geomorphology , geography , oceanography , cartography , paleontology , geotechnical engineering
The aim of the present paper is to determine the morphometric parameters and features of Boiului Valley hydrographic basin. The basin is located in a karst area, in Pădurea Craiului Mountains, Romania, which makes it special, as the rivers flow through soluble rocks. We selected a small basin in order to analyse its morphometric elements and check if the morphometric laws of hydrographic basins are respected in the same way by the rivers flowing in karst areas. We applied the classical working method, that is processing the information from the topographic maps and with the help of the ArcGis soft we managed to measure the major morphometric indicators: the surface of the basin, the area, the shape factor, the length and width of the basin, drainage basin asymmetry factor and sinuosity index.