The shaping of the current relief represents an important
direction of study concerning the mountain areas, as these areas are
some of the most dynamic relief units in Romania. A series of major
relief changes are related to the spatial-temporal evolution and
variability of the meteorological parameters that generate the climate
features. A special impact in the shaping of the current high mountain
areas is generated by the extreme climate phenomena (freezing,
extreme precipitations, strong winds, the action of the snow, heat waves
and cold waves, generated by the dynamics of the atmospheric
circulation). The mountain complex Leaota-Bucegi is characterized, fromthis perspective, by a great variability of the climate parameters, and at
present it includes three major tiers of relief that are being shaped:
periglacial, fluvio-torrential and transitional.
Keywords:
extreme climate phenomena, periglacial, Leaota, Bucegi, shaping the current relief