<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Rye Island is a unique natural formation, which lies between the main flow of the Danube River and the Little Danube River and is the largest river island in Europe. It is located in the southwest of Slovakia and with its mild to slightly warm climate is one of the most fertile agricultural areas in Slovakia. The whole Rye Island is also our greatest reservoir of quality waters used for drinking purposes, where groundwaters of Rye Island are permanently supplied with water from the Danube River. It means that as water levels in the Danube River were unstable before the construction of the Gabčíkovo Water Project, also the groundwater level faced large fluctuations. Changes occurred after putting the Gabčíkovo Water Project into service, with a decrease in groundwater levels. Thereby, the conditions for agriculture have improved and drying of surrounding protected floodplain forests has stopped. Through the present contribution we decided to analyse the impact of Gabčíkovo on soil water regime in the area of Rye Island, and evaluate the course of groundwater level, precipitation and soil water storage over time. For the representative area we chose a forest ecosystem of Král’ovská Lúka and evaluated the period 1999 to 2009.</p></abstract>

Rye Island is a unique natural formation, which lies between the main flow of the Danube River and the Little Danube River and is the largest river island in Europe. It is located in the southwest of Slovakia and with its mild to slightly warm climate is one of the most fertile agricultural areas in Slovakia. The whole Rye Island is also our greatest reservoir of quality waters used for drinking purposes, where groundwaters of Rye Island are permanently supplied with water from the Danube River. It means that as water levels in the Danube River were unstable before the construction of the Gabčíkovo Water Project, also the groundwater level faced large fluctuations. Changes occurred after putting the Gabčíkovo Water Project into service, with a decrease in groundwater levels. Thereby, the conditions for agriculture have improved and drying of surrounding protected floodplain forests has stopped. Through the present contribution we decided to analyse the impact of Gabčíkovo on soil water regime in the area of Rye Island, and evaluate the course of groundwater level, precipitation and soil water storage over time. For the representative area we chose a forest ecosystem of Král’ovská Lúka and evaluated the period 1999 to 2009.

Diagnosis Of The Impact Of The Gabčíkovo Water Project On Soil Water Regime In The Surroundings

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae

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Rye Island is a unique natural formation, which lies between the main flow of the Danube River and the Little Danube River and is the largest river island in...

Diagnosis Of The Impact Of The Gabčíkovo Water Project On Soil Water Regime In The Surroundings

Published Online: Mar 01, 2015

Page range: 48 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ahr-2014-0012

Keywords
the Gabčíkovo Water Project, soil water regime, groundwater level, precipitation, soil water storage

© Miroslava JARABICOVÁ, Mária PÁSZTOROVÁ, Justína VITKOVÁ, Peter MINARIČ

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Diagnosis Of The Impact Of The Gabčíkovo Water Project On Soil Water Regime In The Surroundings

Published Online: Mar 01, 2015

Page range: 48 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ahr-2014-0012

Keywordsthe Gabčíkovo Water Project, soil water regime, groundwater level, precipitation, soil water storage

© Miroslava JARABICOVÁ, Mária PÁSZTOROVÁ, Justína VITKOVÁ, Peter MINARIČ

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
the Gabčíkovo Water Project, soil water regime, groundwater level, precipitation, soil water storage