EXAMPLES OF THE GROWTH AND DISAPPEARANCE OF LAKES OF THE POLAND LOWLAND AND THE VOLYN POLESIA OF UKRAINE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/geochasvnu.2023.1.01Keywords:
lakes in Poland and Ukraine, overgrowth of lakes, dynamics of limnosystemsAbstract
Estimating the dynamics of lake systems is a rather difficult task. This is due to the fact that water bodies, as components of the natural landscape, tend to respond quickly and sensitively to changes in their environment. Any violation of already formed ecological conditions within the water catchment necessarily affects the water regime of reservoirs. Due to the combined influence of many factors, a large number of lakes in Poland and Ukraine have significantly changed their natural parameters. Almost all lakes and even reservoirs within nature protection areas are subject to processes of siltation, shallowing, reduction of water volume and water surface area. The research covered the area of the Polish Lowland and Volhynia Polesie of Ukraine, which is characterized by the presence of a significant number of glacial lakes. The aim of the work undertaken is to assess the degree of overgrowing and disappearing of lakes in the Pomeranian, Mazurian and Wielkopolskie Lake Districts as well as in the Wołyń Polesie of Ukraine. The research was based on the analysis of the surface of the lakes and areas that were overgrown with emergent vegetation. The starting point were materials developed on the basis of documentation prepared by the Inland Fisheries Institute in Olsztyn in the years 1958-1968. They were compared with data obtained from orthophotomaps of the Central Center for Geodetic and Cartographic Documentation from 2010-2012. In addition, selected objects were analyzed based on orthophotomaps from 2020-2022. To assess the limnodynamics of the Volyn lakes, the indicators provided in the works of Polish lake researchers from the 1930s, materials of the Geological Fund of Ukraine, the Volyn Water Resources Office, satellite photos and own expedition research were used.
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