A morphographic description of the Transdanubian Mountains in Environmental and dynamic geomorphology.
The morphographic analysis and synthesis of the Transdanubian Mountains, a karstic block mountain range of faulted and imbricate structures. The basic morphographic parameters studied are relative relief and valley density. Table 1 summarizes data
Documentation ; Hill ; Ireland ; Mountain ; Relief
Published lists of Irish hills and mountains are described and differences between them noted. Attention is drawn to potentially useful topographic information contained within the lists and where scope exists for other compilations.
The high mountain fluvial system. The Western Tatra perspective
Carrying capacity ; Fluvial processes ; High mountain ; Hydrodynamics ; Mid-latitude zone;Temperate zone ; Mountain ; Poland ; Tatra Mountains ; Water cycle;Water circulation
On the basis of the 12 years of field studies (1975-1987) regularities in the dynamics of high mountain fluvial system in an annual cycle have been determined. The results have been compared with the results obtained for other high mountain regions
This article illustrates how mountain wildlife habitat was restored in a devasted area. A strip mine for coal on the east slopes of the Alberta Rockies, occupied its operations by Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, was reclaimed as bighorn habitat.
Persistence and chenge in high mountain agricultural systems
Geoecology and sustainable development in middle mountains and high mountains
Agricultural practice ; Agriculture ; Alps (The) ; Altitudinal zonation ; Europe ; Farming system ; High mountain ; India ; Jammu and Kashmir ; Mountain ; Pastoral ; Rural community
Mountain land use is viewed as a function of ecology, culture and economy working in concert. This perspective is examined in the agriculture and pastoralism of Kashmir and Juansar-Bawar (India) and in the Alps of Europe. - (DWG)
Permafrost of the Carpathian and Balkan Mountains, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
Balkans ; Bulgaria ; Carpathian Mountains ; Eastern Europe ; Europe ; Freezing ; Mountain ; Periglacial features ; Permafrost ; Pleistocene ; Poland ; Present time ; Romania ; Tatra Mountains ; Thawing
Analysis of freezing and thawing indices indicates that climatic conditions sufficient for permafrost development occur at heights of 1930 m asl in the Tatra Mountains (Poland), 2000 asl in the south Carpathian Mountains (Romania), and 2300 m asl
Vertical zonality in the Southern Khangai Mountains, Mongolia. Result of the Polish-Mongolian physico-geographical expedition. Vol. 1
Contient: Major physico-geographical features of the southern slope of the Khangai Mountains| Historical review of physico-geographical investigations in the Khangai Mountains| Relief and paleogeography of the Southern Khangai Mountains| Vertical
variability of climatic conditions in the Khangai Mountains| Areal variability of hydrological conditions in the Tsagan-Turutuin-gol drainage basin, southern Khangai Mountains| Present-day slope modelling in the southern Khangai Mountains| Altitudinal zonation
of soils in the southern Khangai Mountains| Vegetation and the plant vertical zones| Altitudinal zones in mountains with continental climates.
Integrating local voices and visions into the Global Mountain Agenda
Agriculture ; Ecuador ; Mountain ; Natural resources ; Philippines ; Project ; Resource management ; Sustainable development ; United States of America
Mountains and their inhabitants have scored a number of political victories in recent years (1992 Rio Earth Summit's Chapter 13 of Agenda 21, UN General assembly's declaration of 2002 as the International Year of Mountains, etc), but this does
not mean that either will be better off in the 21st century. Author wants mountain people to be made central to the planning for the future of mountains. He sees mountain-to-mountain exchanges of scientists and indigenous peoples as particularly useful
. Discussed is the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) project involving Ecuadorians Andes, Bukidon mountains of the Philippines, and the southern Appalachians. - (SLD)
The A. challenges the generalization drawn of the Rif and Tell mountains of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia as a zone of agricultural collapse, land abandonment and outmigration. More accurately, parts of this region expand and contract at different
The Bamboutos mountains : environment and rural land use in West Cameroon
Agricultural land use ; Cameroon ; Environment ; Mountain ; Mountain farming ; Over-grazing ; Soil degradation ; Soil erosion
In the 1970s Bamileke peasants moved into the Bamboutos mountains to farm. Now densely populated, agriculture on steep slopes has led to serious soil erosion. The land has also been overgrazed, and there are conflicts between farmers
Survey of mountain characteristics and the stresses they are under from resource extraction and population growth. Importance of women in subsistence activities and resource use is outlined as is the role of women in household strategies, migration
, health and social change. Current development issues regarding mountains and women. Recommendations to advance women living in these regions. - (DWG)
Environment ; Global change ; Mountain ; Natural environment ; Prospective study ; Rural community ; Rural development ; Settlement ; Sustainable development
The study of the many different types of mountain communities that exist throughout the world is of fundamental importance to research into Global Change. The question of the mountain-dwelling populations is an urgent matter for government at all
None of the 11 techniques used for estimating Manning's roughness coefficient in a small mountain stream in Alaska proved suitable. More accurate methods are needed for estimating flow velocities in steep mountain streams with large-scale roughness