Relief of Czechia: Quantitative evaluation in the GIS environment

0365647 - ÚGN 2012 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Demek, J. - Balatka, B. - Kirchner, Karel - Mackovčin, P. - Pánek, T. - Slavík, P.
Relief of Czechia: Quantitative evaluation in the GIS environment.
Geografie. Roč. 116, č. 2 (2011), s. 111-129. ISSN 1212-0014. E-ISSN 2571-421X
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z30860518
Keywords : digital geomorphological maps * computer aided methods * Czechia * geomorphodiversity
Subject RIV: DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography
Impact factor: 1.021, year: 2011
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The authors used a new GIS-based geomorphological map of Czechia in the scale of 1:500,000 for computer aided quantitative evaluation of the relief of the country. The analysis showed that erosion landforms prevail in Czechia (77.14% of the Czech territory). Summit and piedmont planation surfaces (etchplain, rock pediments, and cryopediments) that take 8.87% of the Czech territory were quantitatively evaluated over the whole Czech territory for the first time. The most common accumulation landforms were loess surfaces (8.04%) and fluvial landforms like floodplains and accumulation river terraces (8.20% of state territory). Polygon layer of the new GIS-based map enabled the evaluation of the geomorphodiversity of the Czech territory.
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