Wybrane kateny geoekologiczne w Kotle Goryczkowym Świńskim i Kotle Zielonego Stawu Gąsienicowego w Tatrach

Selected geoecological catenas in two glacial cirques in the Tatra Mts.

Summary: The paper is an attempt to apply the geoecological catena method in the high-mountain landscape of the Tatra Mountains. The two study areas located in postglacial cirques (Kocioł Goryczkowy Świński and Kocioł Zielonego Stawu Gąsienicowego) represents two types of slopes: a talus slope lying below a rock wall and a mature slope. Several schemes of geoecological catenas were elaborated on the basis of topography, bedrock, relief and vegetation maps, and detailed profiles prepared by the author. A geoecological catena is defined as a sequence of basic physico-geographical units (facies) along a slope profile . As a result of the research, the author confirmed his opinion that not only facies should be taken into consideration in investigating geoecological catenas in high mountains. It is difficult to find typical sequences of facies in this type of landscape. According to the author, the chorical spatial units are proper and should be included in the definition of a geoecological catena in the high-mountain landscape.

Słowa kluczowe: katena geoekologiczna, profil krajobrazowy, krajobraz wysokogórski, kocioł polodowcowy, Tatry

Słowa kluczowe (w języku angielskim): geoecological catena, landscape profile, high-mountain landscape, postglacial cirque, Tatra Mountains

Prace Geograficzne, 2010, z. 123, s. 47-62.

Instytut Geografii i Gospodarki Przestrzennej UJ

ISSN 1644-3586

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