Title:

Relief of the Orawa-Nowy Targ Basin, Western Carpathians

Subtitle:

Geographia Polonica Vol. 97 No. 4 (2024)

Creator:

Łajczak, Adam : Autor ; Wałek, Grzegorz : Autor ; Zarychta, Roksana : Autor

Publisher:

IGiPZ PAN

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2024

Description:

24 cm

Subject and Keywords:

relief ; landform ; fluvioglacial fan ; relative height ; slope ; aspect ; Orawa-Nowy Targ Basin ; Western Carpathians

Abstract:

This paper relies on the literature to outline the main properties of the relief of the intramontane Orawa-Nowy Targ Basin which is dominated by three fluvioglacial fans. The focus, however, was on the genetically-varied landforms, mostly found within the limits of the fluvioglacial fans, which contribute to the diversity of the basin’s geomorphological landscape. Based on the results of geomorphological mapping of the area and the area’s digital elevation model, an explanation was provided for the distribution of particular landform types, with specification of their parameters. Building on this exercise, the three chief morphometric properties of the Orawa-Nowy Targ Basin, i.e. local relative height, slope, and aspect, were analysed. In the area occupied by the fluvioglacial fans, these morphometric parameters were found to display the greatest variety along the S-N and W-E axes. The results presented combine qualitative and quantitative approaches to geomorphological studies in the first such attempt regarding the Orawa-Nowy Targ Basin and as such fill a significant gap in the existing geomorphological studies of the area.

Relation:

Geographia Polonica

Volume:

97

Issue:

4

Start page:

447

End page:

472

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Resource Identifier:

0016-7282 (print) ; 2300-7362 (online) ; 10.7163/GPol.0287

Source:

CBGiOS. IGiPZ PAN, call nos.: Cz.2085, Cz.2173, Cz.2406 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Central Library of Geography and Environmental Protection. Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization PAS

Projects co-financed by:

European Union. European Regional Development Fund ; Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure

Access:

Open