The Upper Tisa Valley. Preparatory proposal for Ramsay

Figure 7. Distribution of annual mean temperatures in the catchment area of the Upper
Tisa on the basis of an average over 40 years
As the highest ridge of the Carpathians most often stops the wet air currents
coming from the southwest, most of the precipitation occurs here. Its annual average
reaches 1400 mm, 80% of which comes from the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and
the remaining 20% is created by local circulation.
The Northeastern Carpathian region has a distinctive distribution of
temperature and precipitation as it is situated in a transitional climatic belt. It is by far
the continental nature of the climate that is prominent here. Mean temperature in
January is between -2 and -4 degrees Celsius, so the figure of average annual
fluctuation slightly surpasses the minimum of that of the continental type. Reversed
thermal conditions are a common phenomenon in the basins of various sizes and in the
deep valleys situated in the mountain ranges (Figure 7). Annual precipitation is greatly
variable, usually at high altitudes it is 1200 mm, at low ones 800-1000 mm; and the
lower basins are poor in precipitation (under 600 mm). In the Carpathians, mountain
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