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The Upper Tisa Valley. Preparatory proposal for Ramsay

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Date: August 30 , 1996<br />

Country: Romania<br />

Name of the Wetland: <strong>Upper</strong> <strong>Tisa</strong><br />

Romanian section<br />

Geographical coordinates:<br />

-at the upper (entrance) end: Valea Vişeului situated on the Romanian - Ukrainian<br />

border:<br />

47 0 55’ N, 24 0 10’ E<br />

-at its exit: downstream Piatra, on the Romanian - Ukrainian border:<br />

48 0 15’ N, 23 0 33’ E<br />

Altitude: <strong>The</strong> altitude of the <strong>Upper</strong> section of River <strong>Tisa</strong> at its entrance to Romania<br />

upstream Valea Vişeului is 337 m, and at the point of leaving the country<br />

downstream Piatra it is 190 m above Black Sea level.<br />

Area:: 3710 ha<br />

Overview: the studied area belongs to the Maramuresh Depression crossed by the<br />

rivers Săpânţa, Iza, Vişeu (all being River <strong>Tisa</strong>’s affluents), and by the <strong>Upper</strong><br />

<strong>Tisa</strong>.<br />

<strong>The</strong> land is made up of low terraces, alluvial meadows, terraces with clogged<br />

backwaters, or water, swamps, ponds, and is partly covered by <strong>for</strong>est vegetation<br />

or agricultural crops.<br />

River <strong>Tisa</strong> represents the type of Carpathian mountain river <strong>for</strong>m which is<br />

characterized in this area by an upper stream nature, steep banks with highvelocity<br />

courses, quite large water volume due to the frequent rainfalls in the<br />

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