Relief as an important factor in determining priority landscapes: a case study on Polish landscape parks

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Comparison of the number and types of divisions between Annex 2 of the Regulation on the Principles of Preparing Landscape Audits of 11 January 2019 and the authors’ method used in Landscape Parks Conservation Plans_

Landscape Park	Annex 2 of the Regulation of 11 January 2019		Method used in Regional Parks Conservation Plans		Summary of diferences between the authors’ method and the Regulation
	No of landscape types	No of relief types	No of landscape types	No of relief types
Brudzeń	6	2	9	4	The ranges of valleys are more precisely defined.The main areas of the plains have been retained.Other types are diferent.
Chojnów	10	3	15	8	The ranges of valleys are more precisely defined.The main areas of the plains have been retained.Other types are diferent.
Kozubów	6	3	8	6	The ranges of the valleys are similar.Other types are different.

Classification of relief, typology and identified landscape types, according to: A –Annex 2 of the Regulation on the Principles of Preparing Landscape Audits of 11 January 2019 (source: own work); B – The method used in preparing Landscape Parks’ Conservation Plans (source: own work based on Cieszewska et al_ 2018)

	Relief typology	Identified landscape types, abbreviations from maps
Brudzeń Landscape Park
A	- Plains- Valleys	A	LB - Forested landscape on coniferous habitats in valleys/on plains
			LL - Forested landscape on deciduous habitats in valleys/on plains
			LOB - Forested landscape on riparian and swampy habitats in valleys
			WRm - Rural landscape with predomination of agricultural land use mosaic with small-sized plots on plains
			WRs - Rural landscape with mosaic of agricultural land use with medium-sized plots on plains
			WZ - Rural landscape with predomination of rural settlements on plains
B	- long slopes of wide river valleys- plains of postglacial upland- wide river valleys with short slopes- narrow valleys with short slopes	B	WL - Forested landscape on postglacial upland plains
			WMZ - Mosaic landscape of built up areas and fields on postglacial upland plains
			WMP - Mosaic landscape of fields and built up areas on postglacial upland plains
			WP - Fields landscape on postglacial upland plains
			WZ - Settlement's landscape on postglacial upland plains
			DwMkz - Mosaic of forests, meadows and fields in wide river valleys with short slopes
			DsMLkz - Mosaic of forests, meadows and fields in narrow valleys with short slopes
			DZL - Forested landscape on long slopes of wide river valleys
			DZM - Mosaic landscape of fields and forest on long slopes of wide river valleys
Chojnów Landscape Park
A	- Plains- Valleys- Hills	A	LL - Forested landscape with deciduous habitats on plains/in valleys
			LOB - Forested landscape on riparian and swampy habitats in valleys/on plains
			WZs - Rural landscapes with artificial water reservoirs on plains/in valleys
			WRm - Rural landscape with predomination of agricultural land use mosaic with small-sized plots on plains
			WZ - Rural landscape with predomination of rural settlements on plains
			WRs - Rural landscape with agricultural land use mosaic with medium-sized plots on plains
			MRp - Mosaic landscape with predomination of post-agricultural areas on plains
			PMLZ - Suburban and forest settlements landscape on plains
			GEOz - Mining areas of finished opencast mining on plain
B	- bottoms of valleys with breeding ponds- other river valleys- river valleys evidently incised- depressions filled with wetlands- plains of postglacial upland- dunes- steep slopes of postglacial uplands- alluvial plains	B	LW - Forested landscape on dunes
			LR - Forested landscape on postglacial upland plains
			LRZ - Forested landscape with built-up areas on postglacial upland plains
			DWL - Landscape of river valleys evidently incised with meadows and woodlots
			DL - Landscape of other river valleys with meadows and woodlots
			LOW - Landscape of depressions filled with wetlands covered by forest
			LLOW - Landscape of depressions filled with wetlands covered by meadows
			WP - Postglacial landscape of upland plains with predomination of fields
			DP - Landscape of alluvial plains covered by fields
			WMPS - Postglacial landscape of upland plains with mosaic of fields and orchards
			WMPL - Postglacial landscape of upland plains with mosaic of fields, meadows and woodlots
			KL - Landscape of postglacial uplands steep slopes covered by forest
			WZ - Postglacial landscape of upland plains with predomination of single family houses with gardens
			WZO - Postglacial landscape of upland plains with compact housing estate
			WS - Landscape of bottoms of valleys with breeding ponds
Kozubów Landscape Park
A	- Plains- Valleys- Hills	A	LL - Forested landscape with deciduous habitats on hills
			WRw - Rural landscape with predominance of ribbon-like bands of small arable fields, meadows and pastures on hills/in valleys
			WRm - Rural landscape with predomination of agricultural land use mosaic with small plots on hills
			WRs - Rural landscape with predominance of agricultural land use mosaic with medium-sized plots on plains
			WZ - Rural landscape with predominance of rural built up areas on plains
B	- bottoms of river valleys- loess areas with predominantly slightly inclined slopes- varied loess relief locally with outcrops of marl and other carbonate rocks- varied hill relief on marl outcrops and other carbonate rocks- plains of river accumulation - top parts of marl hills covered with loess	B	WL1 - Varied loess landscape locally with outcrops of marl and others carbonate rocks covered by forest
			WL2 - Varied loess landscapes locally with outcrops of marl and other carbonate rocks in agricultural land
			M1 - Varied hill landscapes on marl outcrops and other carbonate rocks covered by forest
			M3 - Varied hill landscapes on marl outcrops and other carbonate rocks covered by xerothermic meadows
			GL2 - Landscape of top parts of marl hills covered with loess covered by agricultural land use mosaic with small-sized plots
			L2 - Loess landscapes with predominantly slightly inclined slopes with mosaic of agricultural land with small-sized plots
			D2 - Landscape of river valleys bottoms with mosaic agricultural land with small-sized plots
			Z1 - Landscapes of river accumulation plains covered by rural settlement