396
G. ¸
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12.1.2 The Upper Tisa Basin and the Romanian Upper Tisa
Basin
The upper basin of Tisa River is mostly overlapping the Basin of historic
Maramures , —from which only a third is located on the Romanian territory and on the
south-western part of Ukraine—in Transcarpatic Region—respectively the counties
of Rahiv, Tiaciv, Hust and Mijgiria (the largest basin in the Carpathians Mountains).
This is a well individualized territory, from the geographic point of view, thanks to the
outer mountain formations and to the petrographic mosaic, which led to a different
and complex evolution of the region [7, 40, 41] (Fig. 12.1).
In the Ukrainian side of the basin, it is better developed. Thanks to many important
right affluents (Kisva, Shopurka, Apshytsia, Teresva, Tereblia and Rika), which have
created a “gathering water place” at the mountain’ base [41] (Fig. 12.1). On the
Romanian side of the Maramures , Basin (the left slope of Tisa basin) there are only
two important affluents (Vi¸ seu and Iza), while the “S˘ apân¸ ta” and “ ¸
Sug˘ atagul Mare”
Fig. 12.1 The Upper Tisa basin and the Romanian Upper Tisa Basin on the Romanian and Ukrainian
territories (adapted and completed after [29, 41] and from Photograph source 1 & 2—[21, 22])
G. ¸
Serban et al.
12.1.2 The Upper Tisa Basin and the Romanian Upper Tisa
Basin
The upper basin of Tisa River is mostly overlapping the Basin of historic
Maramures , —from which only a third is located on the Romanian territory and on the
south-western part of Ukraine—in Transcarpatic Region—respectively the counties
of Rahiv, Tiaciv, Hust and Mijgiria (the largest basin in the Carpathians Mountains).
This is a well individualized territory, from the geographic point of view, thanks to the
outer mountain formations and to the petrographic mosaic, which led to a different
and complex evolution of the region [7, 40, 41] (Fig. 12.1).
In the Ukrainian side of the basin, it is better developed. Thanks to many important
right affluents (Kisva, Shopurka, Apshytsia, Teresva, Tereblia and Rika), which have
created a “gathering water place” at the mountain’ base [41] (Fig. 12.1). On the
Romanian side of the Maramures , Basin (the left slope of Tisa basin) there are only
two important affluents (Vi¸ seu and Iza), while the “S˘ apân¸ ta” and “ ¸
Sug˘ atagul Mare”
Fig. 12.1 The Upper Tisa basin and the Romanian Upper Tisa Basin on the Romanian and Ukrainian
territories (adapted and completed after [29, 41] and from Photograph source 1 & 2—[21, 22])