2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Forest Ecosystems Changes and Hydrological Processes in Western Carpathians
Authors : T. Stanislaw Niemtur, Edward Pierzgalski
Published in: Management of Mountain Watersheds
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
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The total mountain land of Poland (over 500 m a.s.l.) occupies only 3% (about 10,000 km
2
) of the total territory of Poland. Despite small area, mountain areas in Poland play an important role in water management: contribute to 30% of the water resources, mainly rivers. Surface water resources (measured as an average river runoff in many years), being 28% of the precipitation sum, are 1660 m
3
year
-1
per capita.