Micro, Macro & Mezzo Geoinformation (Dec 2017)

Measures for preservation of administrative territory of Fushe Kosova municipality

  • Ejup QYQALLA,
  • Hazir ÇADRAKU

Journal volume & issue
no. 9
pp. 65 – 72

Abstract

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In the historical perspective, human beings have chosen set up their settlements near river valleys, reckless of the risk that rivers may bring forth. As a consequence of this, they had to cope many times with severe floods, which even caused casualties in many cases. It’s almost impossible to find a place upon earth that people are not concerned about the eminent risk of being flooded. Floods are natural phenomena that mainly take place in all types of rivers and that cannot be prevented but the authorities responsible for this sector are obliged at least to well-manage them. Floods are commonly defined as a phenomena that water covers the soil that is not usually covered with water. This paper reveals and scrutinizes the attained outcomes relating the measures that have been carried out for prevention of floods in the administrative territory of Fushe Kosovo from 2014 to September 2016. Fushe Kosovo Municipality is located in the central part of Kosovo Republic and is comprised from a surface of 84,3 km2. As far as the morphological aspect is concerned, it is characterized from a mountainous relief. Approximately 47% of the surface it is located in a oversee height varying from 500 - 800 m. The continental climate. The average annual rainfalls are 628 mm, while the annual temperature is 9.8 °C. The hydrographic network is developed. The main rivers are that of Sitnica and Drenice. The rivers meet high levels of water during May, April, November, and December. Meanwhile the lowest levels of water are registered in August, September, January and February and January. The floods take place every year and their longevity is from 3 - 5 days. But there are some specific regions where the duration is up to ten days. The most endangered regions are that of (Henc - Miradi, Vragoli - Kuzmin - Lismir (Sitnica River). Graboc i Poshtem - Bardh i Madh - Pomazotin - Bardh i Vogel - Kuzmin (Drenica River).

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