<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the report we concentrate on the influences of water-induced morphodynamic processes and surface flow on the development of tarns in alpine environment conditions of selected valleys in the High Tatras. Model areas are represented by higher basins parts in the Malá Studená valley and the Veľká Studená valley, where we confirmed that slope-gravitational processes in the form of rockfall, water-gravitational processes in the form of debris flows, but also fluvial-proluvial processes as the accumulation of the soft fractions from the area of debris cones take part in the material deposition in the tarns. In this context we focused on the creation of the model of spatial distribution of the water-induced potential of material deposition in drainage tarn basins. The model includes three basic factors: slope and curvature of the relief and land cover character. Map processing with GIS technologies was done on the basis of a 3-D relief model, which allowed the locating of the local erosion bases areas, where the material could be accumulated. The achieved results confirmed the hypothesis that tarn basin development of the alpine environment is subordinated to permanent backfilling as a consequence of the cumulative influence of the several processes connected with rainfall and the runoff regime of the drainage basins.</p></abstract>

In the report we concentrate on the influences of water-induced morphodynamic processes and surface flow on the development of tarns in alpine environment conditions of selected valleys in the High Tatras. Model areas are represented by higher basins parts in the Malá Studená valley and the Veľká Studená valley, where we confirmed that slope-gravitational processes in the form of rockfall, water-gravitational processes in the form of debris flows, but also fluvial-proluvial processes as the accumulation of the soft fractions from the area of debris cones take part in the material deposition in the tarns. In this context we focused on the creation of the model of spatial distribution of the water-induced potential of material deposition in drainage tarn basins. The model includes three basic factors: slope and curvature of the relief and land cover character. Map processing with GIS technologies was done on the basis of a 3-D relief model, which allowed the locating of the local erosion bases areas, where the material could be accumulated. The achieved results confirmed the hypothesis that tarn basin development of the alpine environment is subordinated to permanent backfilling as a consequence of the cumulative influence of the several processes connected with rainfall and the runoff regime of the drainage basins.

Impact of Water-Induced Processes on the Development of Tarns and Their Basins in the High Tatras

Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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In the report we concentrate on the influences of water-induced morphodynamic processes and surface flow on the development of tarns in alpine environment...

Impact of Water-Induced Processes on the Development of Tarns and Their Basins in the High Tatras

Published Online: Sep 23, 2017

Page range: 247 - 267

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2017-0021

Keywords
debris flows, High Tatras, slope motions, tarns, Veľká and Malá Studená valley, Slovak Republic

© 2017 Dávid Tomko-Králo et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Impact of Water-Induced Processes on the Development of Tarns and Their Basins in the High Tatras

Published Online: Sep 23, 2017

Page range: 247 - 267

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2017-0021

Keywordsdebris flows, High Tatras, slope motions, tarns, Veľká and Malá Studená valley, Slovak Republic

© 2017 Dávid Tomko-Králo et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
debris flows, High Tatras, slope motions, tarns, Veľká and Malá Studená valley, Slovak Republic