Types of underfit stream valleys on the territory of Belarus

  • Tomasz Kalicki Institute of Geography of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, 5 Stefana Zheromskogo Street, Kielce 25-369, Poland
  • Aleksander F. Sanko Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Yury Yu. Trifonov Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Abstract

According to the materials of geological and geomorphological mapping and the results of the analysis of remote sen sing data (ERS), the authors identify several types of valleys of underfit rivers in Belarus. They differ from each other according to their relief, features of sediment accumulation and stages of postglacial evolution of river valleys. Their sections are located in the section of the meltwater valleys and within outwash plains. Authors distinguish: Dnieperian type (one active and one dead channel of the valley), Drutian type (narrow fluvial and wide non-fluvial zones within one valley, the valley bends may resemble the channel bends of the palaeo-river that formed the valley), West Berezinian type with erosion and non-erosion variant (all stages of river development are presented – from braided channels through large mean ders to small meanders), the Palaeo-Islochian type (dead river channels, including meandering on the outwash plains).

Author Biographies

Tomasz Kalicki, Institute of Geography of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, 5 Stefana Zheromskogo Street, Kielce 25-369, Poland

doctor of science, full professor; head of the department of geomorphology, geoarchaeology and environmental management

Aleksander F. Sanko, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

doctor of science (geology and mineralogy), docent; professor at the department of regional geology, faculty of geography and geoinformatics

Yury Yu. Trifonov, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

postgraduate student at the department of regional geology, faculty of geography and geoinformatics

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Published
2019-11-25
Keywords: geomorphology, underfit streams, valley evolution, valley typing, Earth remote sensing
How to Cite
Kalicki, T., Sanko, A. F., & Trifonov, Y. Y. (2019). Types of underfit stream valleys on the territory of Belarus. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology, 2, 108-120. https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6740-2019-2-108-120