Relief

 

 

Relief – it is staggered and visible at any point of observation from the field: field (above 35 m) Terrace II Danube ("Galatui", between 20 and 32.5 m), Terrace I Danube ("Calarasi", between 15 and 20 m), and Danube Valley („Floodplain Calarasi, between 9.5 m at Jegălia and 12 m to 15 m at Ciocăneşti).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The main cause of changes in relief has been the development of agriculture, which has led to an extensive program of land transformation, sacrificing the original landscape. Thus, the alterations have generated inserted fields, terraces and floodplain.

Baragan Field: irrigation canals - main adduction, type I and II feeders, sector feeders.  The old mounds are maintained (of anthropogenic origin, having signal or funeral roles).                      

Galatui and Calarasi Terraces: irrigation canals and mounds are similar to the field. The various drainage ditches, are present here along the tributary valleys of lakes systems. Building these cannals (5 m deep) resulted in lowering the groundwater, eliminated the risk of gleysol.

It is to be noted the arrangement at the top of Calarasi terrace, opposite - the Dumbrava Park area where there is an extension with walkways and ornamental plants.

 

  "Waterfront" Calarasi is arranged at the top of  the terrace. The floodplain is missing in this section because of the bank groove, which promotes the erosion of the left shore and the isle extension on the right side .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floodplain Calarasi: includes drainage cannals, ”privaluri”, anthropogenical lake basins (for fish and riziculture) and dams. The transformation of the floodplain lasted from 1963 to 1970. The most important aspect of this was controlling the level of flood drainage cannals and pumping stations through extensive reconfiguration flatwork and water basins, therefore tens of natural flooding channels and floodplain lakes have disappeared and fish ponds were created in Ciocaneşti and Calarasi. Also, the number of cannals linking Jegălia (abandoned arm of the Danube which crosses field in the S - N direction, from the Danube to the proximity of Ialomita throughout the Southern Baragan) and Galatui to Borcea Branch have been doubled.

 

Ciocaneşti Lake Complex – a number of ponds on the site of the former floodplain Boianu – Sticleanu Lake Complex.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ”Belicine”- Ciocanesti Cannal (today - used to regulate the groundwater in the floodplain and in the past - a part of a  natural channels complex through which the Danube used to enter  during  the largest flows.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lake ”Iezeru” Jegălia – an abandoned arm of the Danube, today a ”mostiste” (pond crossed by a land bridge).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connection Cannal - this is a connecting cannal between the Lake ”Iezerul – Jegălia” and the Danube.