Elements of Bio-Geographical Regional Determination in the Subcarpathians between the Prahova and the Dâmboviţa River

Journal Title: Romanian Review of Regional Studies - Year 2005, Vol 1, Issue 1

Abstract

Generally, the Subcarpathian area between the Dâmboviţa and the Prahova is characterized by very diverse landscapes and an intense human impact. Secondary or derived vegetal associations are also present to a large extent, in relative balance with a certain type and degree of human pressure. Some of these vegetal associations are extremely rich in flora and fauna. The most frequent are the lawn associations used as hayfields and pastures. Orchards are often associated with grassy vegetation used as grazing land or more often as hayfields. There are relatively frequent shrub clusters and they represent isolated vegetation on rocky crests or, quite often, an intermediary stage towards the initial forest vegetation on formerly deforested terrains where there is more or less intense degradation. All these remain stable as long as man uses them rationally. When human impact goes beyond nature’s capacity to withstand it, most of the terrains used as grazing land or covered by shrub clusters show significant degradation, which leads to much fewer species with diminished productive potential. The landscape types of this Subcarpathian area are: the high hill landscape, the low and medium altitude hill landscape and the large corridors and depressions landscape.

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RĂDIŢA ALEXE

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RĂDIŢA ALEXE (2005). Elements of Bio-Geographical Regional Determination in the Subcarpathians between the Prahova and the Dâmboviţa River. Romanian Review of Regional Studies, 1(1), 103-108. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-134658