MUREŞ RIVER HYDRO-MORPHOLOGICAL CLUSTERING
G.PANDI, CS.HORVÁTH, I.IRIMUŞ
ABSTRACT. Mureş River hydro-morphological clustering. The Mureş River, contrary to the simple theoretical river profile, presents the best example regarding the alternation of characteristic (upper, middle and lower) river courses along one river. The alternation of the river course characteristics can be explained by several different factors which help or obstruct the rivers evolution. In this study these dynamics of the river are followed by analyzing different morphological and hydrological characteristics. The analysis was completed using GIS software and topographic maps for the current situation and the third topographic survey maps of Austria-Hungary (1869-1873) for the historical analysis. The river course evolution was followed on the entire river reaching over Romania and Hungary.
Keywords: river course characteristics, meandering coefficient, longitudinal profile, Mureş River.