USING GIS TECHNIQUES TO IDENTIFY AND ANALIZE LANDSCAPE. CASE STUDY: THE MĂCIN MOUNTAINS

Maria-Cornelia Urdea

ABSTRACT - Human activities have generated major changes in the structure of geographical landscape: in time, natural surfaces became smaller. They were replaced by agricultural fields or artificial surfaces and the vegetation suffered major composition and structure changes.
The main purpose of this study is to create a map of the Măcin Mountains landscapes using Geographic Information System (G.I.S) technologies. The identification of the landscapes was made according with CORINE Land Cover classes of land cover. In analyzing the landscapes certain information was used: morphometrical data (hipsometry, geodeclivity, etc.) issued by operating the Digital Elevation Model of terrain, data provided by soils and geological maps and data taken in the field.

Keywords: Macin mountains, landscape, GIS analysis, CORINE land cover, landscape evolution

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