A forgotten tributary of the Danube: The Vajas River

During the examination of the historical geography of the Danube-Tisza Interfluve, the reconstruction of the medieval landscape was carried out, within which the channel conditions of the main watercourses were sketched. The Vajas River is assumed to be the most important medieval tributary of the D...

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Publicado: University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management 2021
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9c2d221a9d9f4c04893194c17dac4b132021-12-05T21:03:13ZA forgotten tributary of the Danube: The Vajas River0354-87241820-713810.5937/gp25-30806https://doaj.org/article/9c2d221a9d9f4c04893194c17dac4b132021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8724/2021/0354-87242103194P.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/0354-8724https://doaj.org/toc/1820-7138During the examination of the historical geography of the Danube-Tisza Interfluve, the reconstruction of the medieval landscape was carried out, within which the channel conditions of the main watercourses were sketched. The Vajas River is assumed to be the most important medieval tributary of the Danube. It can be located based on historical maps, medieval and modern written sources. During the research, it turned out - based on our sources so far - that there was no tributary called Vajas on the right bank of the Danube. Only the tributaries/branches on the left bank of the river were called Vajas. The Vajas River was not uniform but consisted of at least four sections in an area of about 140 km from Kalocsa to Plavna.Pánya IstvánUniversity of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management articlemedieval danubevajas rivermedieval environmenthistorical geographyGeography (General)G1-922ENGeographica Pannonica, Vol 25, Iss 3, Pp 194-203 (2021)
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topic medieval danube
vajas river
medieval environment
historical geography
Geography (General)
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vajas river
medieval environment
historical geography
Geography (General)
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Pánya István
A forgotten tributary of the Danube: The Vajas River
description During the examination of the historical geography of the Danube-Tisza Interfluve, the reconstruction of the medieval landscape was carried out, within which the channel conditions of the main watercourses were sketched. The Vajas River is assumed to be the most important medieval tributary of the Danube. It can be located based on historical maps, medieval and modern written sources. During the research, it turned out - based on our sources so far - that there was no tributary called Vajas on the right bank of the Danube. Only the tributaries/branches on the left bank of the river were called Vajas. The Vajas River was not uniform but consisted of at least four sections in an area of about 140 km from Kalocsa to Plavna.
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author Pánya István
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title A forgotten tributary of the Danube: The Vajas River
title_short A forgotten tributary of the Danube: The Vajas River
title_full A forgotten tributary of the Danube: The Vajas River
title_fullStr A forgotten tributary of the Danube: The Vajas River
title_full_unstemmed A forgotten tributary of the Danube: The Vajas River
title_sort forgotten tributary of the danube: the vajas river
publisher University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management
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