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Urban geomorphology of the Vistula River valley in Warsaw

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  • Grzegorz Wierzbicki
  • Piotr Ostrowski
  • Piotr Bartold
  • Filip Bujakowski
  • Tomasz Falkowski
  • Piotr Osiński

Abstract

Using ALS LIDAR DEM and OpenStreetMap data we visualise in ArcGIS the geomorphic features of a large, lowland river which flows through the area impacted by urbanisation of a big city – the capital of Poland. We present on one map the main geomorphological surfaces and their exact boundaries: valley edge, terrace front and floodplain juxtaposed with buildings and the main transportation corridors. We identify convex aeolian and fluvial landforms: dunes, levees, sandy lobes including crevasse splays, ridges between swales, sandy bars, islands; and concave erosional landforms: floodplain channels, crevasse channels, oxbow lakes, palaeo-meanders, tributary channels, and chute channels. We draw implications for flood management, geo-archaeology geo-heritage conservation. We search for traces of extreme flood events in the Holocene, also on the higher terraces which the river developed by its deposition in the Pleistocene.

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  • Grzegorz Wierzbicki & Piotr Ostrowski & Piotr Bartold & Filip Bujakowski & Tomasz Falkowski & Piotr Osiński, 2021. "Urban geomorphology of the Vistula River valley in Warsaw," Journal of Maps, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(4), pages 170-185, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjomxx:v:17:y:2021:i:4:p:170-185
    DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2020.1866698
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