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Rolul hidrografiei în geneza şi individualizarea sistemului de aşezări şi în evoluţia socio-economică a Ţării Lăpuşului (I). The Role of Hydrography in the Genesis and Individualization of the System of Settlements and in the Socio-Economic Evolution of Lăpuş Land (I) In the complex process of organizing and planning the geographical space, the evenly capitalization of water resources and setting optimum balances between the socio-economic activities and the hydrological resources becomes a necessity, even in the case in which – at first sight - the analysed territory is the possessor of significantly quantitative and superiorly qualitative of potability. Bearing these in mind, the first part of the present study analyses their best usage, their impact and specific manner in which their management has played a major role in the process of anthropogenic evolution of Lăpuş Land (locating settlements, level of accessibility, supporting life and cohesion of human communities, etc.), by adopting and adapting a variety of techniques and traditional hydraulic installations that would allow both to supply life sources, and the overall evolution of Lăpuş society up to present. In this context, we tried to accomplish a thorough analysis of the underground water quantitative and qualitative characteristics, its spatial distribution, its best usage, as well as the manner in which it influenced the apparition and development of human settlements and activities of Lăpuş Land’s population.

Keywords: hydrography, system of settlements, management, spatial distribution, qualitative and quantitative characteristics