Volume 19, Issue 1-1, March 2015

THE INFLUENCE OF THE WEATHER AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND SOME HYDROLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOMEȘ RIVER, IN THE NW PART OF ROMANIA


Authors: Adriana Muntean, Irina Smical, Eugen Nour

Abstract: This study highlights the influence of the quantity on the rainfall and air temperature recorded at the hydrographic station Ulmeni (in the Maramures County, in the N-W part of Romania), on the Someș River flow rate and some general physico-chemical parameters (pH, total disolved solids and suspend ed matter). Someș River is a left tributary of the Tisa River on the Hungarian territory, and is part of the Someș-Crasna hydrographic catchment, summing 5528 km network length coded, who drains an area of 15740 km2. Interpretation of the collected data and statistical processing has demonstrated that the fluctuations of the flow rate of the river are closely dependent on the seasons from the considered period (2004-2012) and correlations between hydrological and chemical parameters. Because a large part of the Someș River crosses the human settlements and important agricultural areas, the study may be useful in the prediction of flooding and drought risks.

Keywords: Someș, flow, hydrographic basin, physico-chemical parameters, risk, Romania.

DOI: 10.18421/GP19.01-01

Article info: 1-8

Received: September 14, 2014 | Revised: January 21, 2015 | Accepted: February 28, 2015


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