Abstract
The paper presents the results of a study of the effects of geoecological factors on the vegetation of the Gruža ba- sin (F=618.6 km²). In the first phase, geoecological factors were identified and their differentiation to physical geographic (geological structure, tectonics, relief, climate, waters, types of land) and anthropogeographic factors (activities of popula- tion) was carried out. In the second phase, their influence on vegetation was defined, and in the third phase, the condition in the Gruža basin was analyzed on the basis of topographic and thematic maps using GIS methodology.
Highlights
From the viewpoint of geoecology, the basin of the river Gruža is a specific territory connecting the mountains of the Šumadija Region and valleys of the Western Morava River that has undergone a certain physical geographical and socioeconomic transformation since the construction of the Gruža Reservoir in 1984
Neogenic and Quaternary accumulative rocks are mostly located in the central, lowest part of the Gruža Basin (Brković et al, 1980; Marković and Pavlović, 1967; Marković et al, 1968; Pavlović et al, 1977)
The Gruža Basin is characterized primarily by an agrarian, plain/mountain landscape, where the villages are surrounded by forests and agrarian ecosystems
Summary
From the viewpoint of geoecology, the basin of the river Gruža is a specific territory connecting the mountains of the Šumadija Region and valleys of the Western Morava River that has undergone a certain physical geographical and socioeconomic transformation since the construction of the Gruža Reservoir in 1984. The vegetation cover of the Gruža basin is, due to its geographical position, natural characteristics, as well as the construction of the above-mentioned reservoir, very heterogeneous and, according to Veljović et al (1990), characterized by the presence of different types of vegetation: thermophilic forests, mesophilic forests, the remains of flooded forests, valley meadows, mountain meadows, marshes, agrarian ecosystems etc
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