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The total mountain land of Poland (over 500 m a.s.l.) occupies only 3% (about 10,000 km2) of the total territory of Poland. Despite small area, mountain areas in Poland play an important role in water management: contribute to 30% of the water resources, mainly rivers. Surface water resources (measured as an average river runoff in many years), being 28% of the precipitation sum, are 1660 m3year-1 per capita.
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Niemtur, T.S., Pierzgalski, E. (2012). Forest Ecosystems Changes and Hydrological Processes in Western Carpathians. In: Krecek, J., Haigh, M.J., Hofer, T., Kubin, E. (eds) Management of Mountain Watersheds. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2476-1_12
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