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Article

Changes in the Water Surface Area of Lakes Udzierz and Mątasek in the Light of Cartographic Materials

by
Andrzej Fabich
* and
Monika Kwidzińska
Department of Limnology, Institute of Geography, University of Gdańsk, Bażyńskiego 4, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Limnol. Rev. 2012, 12(4), 169-177; https://doi.org/10.2478/v10194-012-0057-1
Published: 12 March 2013

Abstract

The paper presents the changes in the water surface area of Lakes Udzierz and Mątasek located in the headwaters of the catchment of the River Mątawa (tributary of the River Vistula). The assessment of the rate of changes was based on Polish and German topographic maps as well as orthophotomaps. The analysed lakes turned out to be two of the fastest disappearing Polish lakes. In the last century (1910–2010) the water surface area of Lake Udzierz decreased from 148.87 to 69.60 ha and that of Lake Mątasek from 29.5 to 0.64 ha. The average rate of loss of the lake surface area during this period was from 0.53 to 0.98% per annum. Such drastic morphometric changes in the studied lakes are, on the one hand, mainly due to poorly conducted drainage and, on the other hand, the eutrophication of the lake waters intensified by the anthropogenic impact.
Keywords: Lake Udzierz; Lake Mątasek; Kociewie region; Tuchola Forest; disappearance of lakes Lake Udzierz; Lake Mątasek; Kociewie region; Tuchola Forest; disappearance of lakes

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Fabich, A.; Kwidzińska, M. Changes in the Water Surface Area of Lakes Udzierz and Mątasek in the Light of Cartographic Materials. Limnol. Rev. 2012, 12, 169-177. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10194-012-0057-1

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Fabich A, Kwidzińska M. Changes in the Water Surface Area of Lakes Udzierz and Mątasek in the Light of Cartographic Materials. Limnological Review. 2012; 12(4):169-177. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10194-012-0057-1

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Fabich, Andrzej, and Monika Kwidzińska. 2012. "Changes in the Water Surface Area of Lakes Udzierz and Mątasek in the Light of Cartographic Materials" Limnological Review 12, no. 4: 169-177. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10194-012-0057-1

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Fabich, A., & Kwidzińska, M. (2012). Changes in the Water Surface Area of Lakes Udzierz and Mątasek in the Light of Cartographic Materials. Limnological Review, 12(4), 169-177. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10194-012-0057-1

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