Chapter 13
Particularities of Drain Liquid
in the Small Wetland of Braila Natural
Park, Romania
Daniel Constantin Diaconu
Abstract The aim is to highlight the particularities of the hydrological regime and,
especially that of the liquid leakage on the lower course of Danube, within one of the
many wetlands along the river to correctly quantify the water intake critical periods,
for various uses. The current climatic context leads to changes in both liquid flow and
land use, vegetation development as well as the risks associated with these changes.
Thus, it was desired to quantify and present the way of using the water resources
within these wetlands to ensure water volumes during the hot seasons of the year
to ensure the volumes of water required for extinguishing the forest fires that can
occur in these areas, many of them being natural reserves. It is also the case of the
Small Wetland of Braila, a wetland of international interest, being one of the few
natural floodplain areas on the lower course of the Danube after the draining of the
former inner Delta (Balta Brailei and Balta Ialomitei), which currently preserves
complex aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in a form close to the original one. The
significance of this area results from the recognition as a protected area at a national
level, European (SCI and SPA) and international (Ramsar site) but it is also noted
by the difficulty to establish the water flow, due to the extremely low slopes and the
multitudes of channels on the stream.
Keywords Hydrologic resources · Multi-criteria decision analysis · GIS · Danube
river · Wildfire risk
13.1 Introduction
There is more and more clear evidence that the effects of global changes are manifested by a faster and increasingly destructive frequency, the vegetation fires being
one of these consequences [1, 2]. Economic losses due to forest fires at European
level are estimated at around 13 billion euros [3, 4].
D. C. Diaconu (B)
Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Research Center for Integrated Analysis and
Territorial Management, Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Nicolae Balcescu Blv. 1,
District 1, Bucharest 010041, Romania
e-mail: ddcwater@yahoo.com
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. M. Negm et al. (eds.), Water Resources Management in Romania, Springer Water,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22320-5_13
437
Particularities of Drain Liquid
in the Small Wetland of Braila Natural
Park, Romania
Daniel Constantin Diaconu
Abstract The aim is to highlight the particularities of the hydrological regime and,
especially that of the liquid leakage on the lower course of Danube, within one of the
many wetlands along the river to correctly quantify the water intake critical periods,
for various uses. The current climatic context leads to changes in both liquid flow and
land use, vegetation development as well as the risks associated with these changes.
Thus, it was desired to quantify and present the way of using the water resources
within these wetlands to ensure water volumes during the hot seasons of the year
to ensure the volumes of water required for extinguishing the forest fires that can
occur in these areas, many of them being natural reserves. It is also the case of the
Small Wetland of Braila, a wetland of international interest, being one of the few
natural floodplain areas on the lower course of the Danube after the draining of the
former inner Delta (Balta Brailei and Balta Ialomitei), which currently preserves
complex aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in a form close to the original one. The
significance of this area results from the recognition as a protected area at a national
level, European (SCI and SPA) and international (Ramsar site) but it is also noted
by the difficulty to establish the water flow, due to the extremely low slopes and the
multitudes of channels on the stream.
Keywords Hydrologic resources · Multi-criteria decision analysis · GIS · Danube
river · Wildfire risk
13.1 Introduction
There is more and more clear evidence that the effects of global changes are manifested by a faster and increasingly destructive frequency, the vegetation fires being
one of these consequences [1, 2]. Economic losses due to forest fires at European
level are estimated at around 13 billion euros [3, 4].
D. C. Diaconu (B)
Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Research Center for Integrated Analysis and
Territorial Management, Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Nicolae Balcescu Blv. 1,
District 1, Bucharest 010041, Romania
e-mail: ddcwater@yahoo.com
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. M. Negm et al. (eds.), Water Resources Management in Romania, Springer Water,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22320-5_13
437