Roksana Zarychta
Articles
Relief of the Orawa-Nowy Targ Basin, Western Carpathians
Geographia Polonica (2024) vol. 97, iss. 4, pp. 447-472 | 
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doi: https://doi.org/10.7163/GPol.0287
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.
Keywords: relief, landform, fluvioglacial fan, geomorphometry, relative height, slope, aspect, Orawa-Nowy Targ Basin, Western Carpathians
[alajczak@o2.pl], Association of Polish Geomorphologists Bogumił Krygowski 10, 61-680 Poznań: Poland
[grzegorz.walek@ujk.edu.pl], Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce Uniwersytecka 7, 25-406 Kielce: Poland
[roksana.zarychta@uken.krakow.pl], University of the National Education Commission Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Kraków: Poland
Reconstruction of the morphology and hydrography of the centre of Kraków before the mid-13th century
Geographia Polonica (2020) vol. 93, iss. 1, pp. 25-50 | Full text
doi: https://doi.org/10.7163/GPol.0161
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The paper concerns investigations on urban geomorphology. The subject of the paper is the historic centre of Kraków (or Cracow) where the pre-human relief became masked due to the rapid increase in cultural deposits from the mid-13th century onwards. The aim of the investigation is the reconstruction of the original topography, relief and hydrography of this area based on rich sources of materials in papers and non-publisheddata on geology, geoengineering, archaeology, history, and also on maps and panoramic drawings of the town. A digital elevation model has been generated, which showed the topography of the study area in the period before the mid-13th century. Structural analysis, cross validation test and estimation by ordinary kriging method were carried out. The final cartographic work was prepared with the use of QGIS and Surfer software.The distribution of landforms in the study area in the mid-13th century is presented as a proposed variant of the geomorphological map prepared by the authors. The former relief was evaluated in terms of its potential for encouraging settlement.
Keywords: pre-urban morphology, Kraków, Vistula, meandering river, limestone horst, Pleistocene terrace, Holocene floodplain, digital cartography, geostatistics, ordinary kriging
[alajczak@o2.pl], Association of Polish Geomorphologists Bogumił Krygowski 10, 61-680 Poznań: Poland
[roksana.zarychta@uken.krakow.pl], University of the National Education Commission Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Kraków: Poland