Drainage network characteristics of Athens plain at the end of the 19th century

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Published: Jan 1, 2007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/bgsg.17054
Keywords:
Kephissos network patterns historical maps landscape
A. Alexouli - Livaditi
National Technical University of Athens, School of Mining Engineering, Department of Geological Sciences
K. Vouvalidis
Department of Physical and Environmental Geography, School of Geology, Aristotle University of ThesSaloniki
G. Livaditis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, Department of Geography and Climatology
S. Pechlivanidou
Department of Physical and Environmental Geography, School of Geology, Aristotle University of ThesSaloniki
Abstract

Kephissos River is the main fluvial system of the hydrological basin of Athens. It drains the central part of Attica and almost the entire urban area of the city of Athens. In this paper, we present the results of both the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the initial drainage network of the plain before the urbanization through the processing of digitised data with GIS software. The initial drainage network of the. basin, plotted with the use of a very detailed mosaic of maps, was constructed by German cartographers (Curtius E. and Kaupert J.) at the end of the 19' century. For the analysis of the drainage network the Laws of drainage composition were used and values for the D and F indices were calculated. One of the major aspects of this article is \o reveal information about the fluvial and environmental conditions in the plain of Athens before the urbanization of the area. This kind of information is very critical because until that time (end of the 19th century) the fluvial system of Kephissos\ was natural, without any human intervention.

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