Degree of the riparian environment in the Trotus hydrographic basin after the flods in the years 2016

Abstract

The paper presents an analysis of the degradation phenomena of the riparian environment in the Trotuş river basin following the floods produced in the summer of 2016. The Trotuş River has been affected by many floods over the past 28 years, 2004, 2005, 2011 and 2016. The riverine environment was affected by the degradation of shore defence works, the morphological modification of the riverbed, the destruction of the roads, the erosion of the agricultural land, the deposition of pollutants on the land adjacent to the river, etc. The June 2016 flood in the Trotuş River basin resulted in the degradation to the total destruction of over 318 km of bank defence hydrotechnical works. The floods caused the degradation of 1337 ha of agricultural land, the degradation of 355 km of road and 180 bridges. The floods affected over 376 homes in the studied area, from which it destroyed 76.