DANUBE POLLUTION REDUCTION PROGRAMME THEMATIC MAPS OF THE DANUBE RIVER BASIN Social and Economic Characteristics with particular attention to Hot Spots, Significant Impact Areas and Hydraulic Structures June 1999 Programme Coordination Unit UNDP/GEF Assistance prepared by Zinke Environment Consulting for Central and Eastern Europe and Mihaela Popovici Vienna, Austria DANUBE POLLUTION REDUCTION PROGRAMME THEMATIC MAPS OF THE DANUBE RIVER BASIN Social and Economic Characteristics with particular attention to Hot Spots, Significant Impact Areas and Hydraulic Structures June 1999 Programme Coordination Unit UNDP/GEF Assistance prepared by Zinke Environment Consulting for Central and Eastern Europe and Mihaela Popovici Vienna, Austria Preface The report on “Thematic Maps of the Danube River Basin” gives an overview of social and economic characteristics of this region, with particular attention to Hot Spots, Significant Impact Areas and Hydraulic Structures which were addressed during the preparation of the Pollution Reduction Programme. This includes the results of two workshops in Hernstein / Austria (24-30 January and 11-16 May 1999) where “Sub-River Basins” have been identified as new planning units for transboundary cooperation. The production of thematic maps and overlays did not only use existing national data but is equally based on new information gathered at the national level. The present report was first drafted as a background information for the “Transboundary Analysis Workshop”, and then revised as a contribution to the Pollution Reduction Programme. In a final step, a structural analysis of the rivers of the Danube Basin with focus on hydraulic structures was added. The conceptual preparation and the organisation of activities were carried out by Joachim Bendow, UNDP/GEF Project manager. The report was prepared by ZINKE ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE (maps by Ulrich Schwarz), with the support of Mihaela Popovici, Bucharest. The report was edited by Michael Sokolnikov. Table of Contents 1. Introduction.................................................................................................... 1 2. Climate, Morphology and Hydrological Network ...................................... 3 2.1. Geomorphological Regions........................................................................3 2.2. Hydrological Network................................................................................9 3. Danube Sub-river Basin Areas (National Workshop Information)........ 13 3.1. Germany....................................................................................................29 3.2. Austria.......................................................................................................30 3.3. Czech Republic.........................................................................................31 3.4. Slovakia .....................................................................................................32 3.5. Hungary ....................................................................................................34 3.6. Slovenia .....................................................................................................35 3.7. Croatia.......................................................................................................37 3.8. Bosnia & Herzegovina .............................................................................38 3.9. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ..............................................................39 3.10. Bulgaria.....................................................................................................41 3.11. Romania ....................................................................................................42 3.12. Moldova.....................................................................................................44 3.13. Ukraine......................................................................................................46 4. Sub-River Basins (Transboundary Workshops)....................................... 49 4.1. Upper Danube (D,A) ................................................................................49 4.2. Inn (D,A) ...................................................................................................50 4.3. Austrian Danube ......................................................................................50 4.4. Morava (CZ, A, SK).................................................................................51 4.5. Váh - Hron (SK,CZ,H).............................................................................52 4.6. Pannonian Central Danube Region (A, SK, H, HR, YU) .....................52 4.7. Drava-Mura (A, SLO, HR, H) ................................................................53 4.8. Sava (SLO, HR, BIH,YU)........................................................................53 4.9. Tisa (SK, UA, RO, H, YU).......................................................................54 4.10. Banat – Eastern Serbia (YU, RO)...........................................................55 4.11. Velika Morava (YU, BG).........................................................................55 v 4.12. Mizia - Dobrudzha ( BG) .........................................................................55 4.13. Muntenia (RO)..........................................................................................56 4.14. Prut - Siret (UA, MD, RO).......................................................................56 4.15. Delta – Liman (MD, UA, RO) .................................................................57 5. Description of the Significant Impact Areas .............................................61 5.1. Middle Morava .........................................................................................67 5.2. Lower Morava ..........................................................................................68 5.3. Szigetköz....................................................................................................69 5.4. Danube Bend ............................................................................................69 5.5. Gemenc - Kopacki Rit..............................................................................70 5.6. Middle Drava ............................................................................................71 5.7. Lower Mura – Drava ...............................................................................71 5.8. Danube at Novi Sad..................................................................................73 5.9. Upper Tisa.................................................................................................73 5.10. Somes .........................................................................................................74 5.11. Latorita......................................................................................................75 5.12. Uzh..............................................................................................................75 5.13. Bodrog – Tisa............................................................................................75 5.14. Hornad – Sajo ...........................................................................................76 5.15. Körös .........................................................................................................77 5.16. Upper Mures.............................................................................................77 5.17. Middle Mures............................................................................................78 5.18. Lower Mures – Szeged.............................................................................78 5.19. Palic & Ludos Lakes ................................................................................79 5.20. Upper Banat..............................................................................................79 5.21. Vrbas - DTD Canal...................................................................................79 5.22. Middle Banat - Bega & Birzava ..............................................................80 5.23. Upper Sava................................................................................................81 5.24. Sulta ...........................................................................................................81 5.25. Kupa ..........................................................................................................82 5.26. Middle Sava – Kupa.................................................................................82 5.27. Middle Sava - Una & Vrbas ....................................................................82 5.28. Lower Sava – Bosna .................................................................................83 vi 5.29. Tara Canyon.............................................................................................84 5.30. Lower Sava – Drina .................................................................................84 5.31. Sava at Beograd........................................................................................85 5.32. Western & Southern Morava..................................................................85 5.33. Danube at Iron Gate ................................................................................86 5.34. Lower Timok ............................................................................................86 5.35. Ogosta