river piracy

The study deals with present-day course of the Váh and Morava rivers´ watershed in the territory of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians which is considered to be the result of progressive development of the Váh drainage basin to the detriment of Morava drainage basin. The general aim of the study is to verify the presumption of contemporary higher erosional potential of the Váh drainage basin and to specify possible future transformation of the watershed zone using several methods. In terms of comparison, both drainage basins´ erosional potential was examined by statistical analysis of selected hypsometric and morphometric parameters extracted from digital elevation model. Based on these results, the presumption of a unified development trend of the Váh drainge basin was rejected.

The study deals with present-day course of the Váh and Morava rivers´ watershed in the territory of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians which is considered to be the result of progressive development of the Váh drainage basin to the detriment of Morava drainage basin. The general aim of the study is to verify the presumption of contemporary higher erosional potential of the Váh drainage basin and to specify possible future transformation of the watershed zone using several methods. In terms of comparison, both drainage basins´ erosional potential was examined by statistical analysis of selected hypsometric and morphometric parameters extracted from digital elevation model. Based on these results, the presumption of a unified development trend of the Váh drainge basin was rejected.