Study regarding implementation of torrents' correction in the basin of production unit no. II Valea Nerei, Bozovici Forest District

Abstract

This study refers to the implementation of torrent correction works, in order to avoid floods, soil washing and its erosion. In areas with abundant rainfall, the soil is prone to erosion and landslides, and these torrent correction works are beneficial and necessary. By applying these torrent correction works, the course of some water flows can also be changed, thus avoiding the flooding of some lands and human settlements. One of the great advantages of these works is that they prevent the introduction of alluvium. The study is carried out in the Valea Nerei River Basin, located in the South-West of the country, on the course of the Nera, inside the Banat Mountains. The river basin extends over an area of 190 hectares, of which 110 hectares are occupied by forests and 80 hectares by pastures. The interventions proposed for the slopes are designed to strengthen both the hydrological balance and the protective role of forest vegetation against erosion, while in the meadow areas the objective is to ensure the formation and long-term persistence of a continuous grass cover, capable of preventing the initiation of erosion processes or, where they occur, of reducing their rate of development.