scholarly journals High Mountain Areas and Their Resilience to Tourism Development: Visokogorska območja in njihovo odzivanje na razvoj turizma

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Development ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Mountain Areas

scholarly journals Formation Patterns of Mediterranean High-Mountain Water-Bodies in Sierra-Nevada, SE Spain

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 438
Author(s):  
Jose Luis Diaz-Hernandez ◽  
Antonio Jose Herrera-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Unknown Origin ◽  
Slope Instability ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Glacial Processes ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Water Volumes

At present, there is a lack of detailed understanding on how the factors converging on water variables from mountain areas modify the quantity and quality of their watercourses, which are features determining these areas’ hydrological contribution to downstream regions. In order to remedy this situation to some extent, we studied the water-bodies of the western sector of the Sierra Nevada massif (Spain). Since thaw is a necessary but not sufficient contributor to the formation of these fragile water-bodies, we carried out field visits to identify their number, size and spatial distribution as well as their different modelling processes. The best-defined water-bodies were the result of glacial processes, such as overdeepening and moraine dams. These water-bodies are the highest in the massif (2918 m mean altitude), the largest and the deepest, making up 72% of the total. Another group is formed by hillside instability phenomena, which are very dynamic and are related to a variety of processes. The resulting water-bodies are irregular and located at lower altitudes (2842 m mean altitude), representing 25% of the total. The third group is the smallest (3%), with one subgroup formed by anthropic causes and another formed from unknown origin. It has recently been found that the Mediterranean and Atlantic watersheds of this massif are somewhat paradoxical in behaviour, since, despite its higher xericity, the Mediterranean watershed generally has higher water contents than the Atlantic. The overall cause of these discrepancies between watersheds is not connected to their formation processes. However, we found that the classification of water volumes by the manners of formation of their water-bodies is not coherent with the associated green fringes because of the anomalous behaviour of the water-bodies formed by moraine dams. This discrepancy is largely due to the passive role of the water retained in this type of water-body as it depends on the characteristics of its hollows. The water-bodies of Sierra Nevada close to the peak line (2918 m mean altitude) are therefore highly dependent on the glacial processes that created the hollows in which they are located. Slope instability created water-bodies mainly located at lower altitudes (2842 m mean altitude), representing tectonic weak zones or accumulation of debris, which are influenced by intense slope dynamics. These water-bodies are therefore more fragile, and their existence is probably more short-lived than that of bodies created under glacial conditions.

scholarly journals Trapping of Organochlorine Compounds in High Mountain Lakes

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 609-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan O. Grimalt ◽  
Pilar Fernandez ◽  
Rosa M. Vilanova
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Transport ◽  
Mountain Lakes ◽  
Organochlorine Compounds ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
High Latitudes ◽  
High Mountain Lakes ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Persistent Pollutants

High mountain areas have recently been observed to be polluted by organochlorine compounds (OC) despite their isolation. These persistent pollutants arrive at these remote regions through atmospheric transport. However, the mechanisms involving the accumulation of these compounds from the atmospheric pool to the lacustrine systems still need to be elucidated. These mechanisms must be related to the processes involving the transfer of these pollutant from low to high latitudes[1] as described in the global distillation effect[2].

scholarly journals Fascinating Remoteness: The Dilemma of Hiking Tourism Development in Peripheral Mountain Areas

2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Boller ◽  
Marcel Hunziker ◽  
Marco Conedera ◽  
Hans Elsasser ◽  
Patrik Krebs
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Development ◽  
Mountain Areas

scholarly journals Mechanisms linking active rock glaciers and impounded surface water formation in high-mountain areas

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 417-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Colombo ◽  
Luigi Sambuelli ◽  
Cesare Comina ◽  
Chiara Colombero ◽  
Marco Giardino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Water Formation ◽  
Rock Glaciers

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soils from European High Mountain Areas

2010 ◽  
Vol 215 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 655-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Quiroz ◽  
Joan O. Grimalt ◽  
Pilar Fernandez ◽  
Lluis Camarero ◽  
Jordi Catalan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Hydrocarbons In Soils
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