Field course - Geoecosystems 1300-WWGST-GES

Tykocin – 2 nights
- Narew National Park - complex origins of geomorphological units, specifics of the Narew River multi-channel system, human impact on water runoff conditions in the Narew valley near Tykocin (e.g. impact of the road embankment);
- Supraśl River valley between Supraśl and Wasilków – another example of a polygenic river valley – impact of hydraulic structures on diversity of channel deposition,
- Jurowce intake – hydrogeological conditions, intake protection zones,
- Studzianki and Zapiecek – glacial morphogenesis and differentiation of its importance for the susceptibility to contamination of topsoils, groundwater circulation conditions and their relationship to primary places of worship,
- Origin of the Biebrza meltwater valley, lacustrine sediment studies in the Maliszewskie lake,
- Biebrza Wetlands. Swamps drainage system from the communist era, current protection of the swamps, including care for small retention. Examples of completely degraded ecosystems.
- Grzędy – analysis of drainage of surface and groundwater systems in the area of the Red Swamp reservation,
- Strękowa Góra – role of the geological background of the Wizna area in the 1939 defensive war.
Szurpiły – 1 night
- Góra Zamkowa – history of the Yotvingian settlement in archeology and palaeolimnology. View of the lakes of different origins from the hilltop – the last bastion of Yotvingian resistance,
- Field of boulders – Scandinavian glacial erratic boulders.
- Rospuda River valley – discussion whether the protest against the construction of a highway through the valley was justifiable? Holy Place – example of a young valley shaped by erosion (above the HP) and accumulation (below the HP),
- Construction of the Augustów Canal (Museum in Augustów) and its impact on the natural environment of the area.
Mikołajki (Hydrobiological Station of the Nencki Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences) – 2 nights
- Miłki Lake – history of Teutonic colonization of the area recorded in palaeolimnology and historical sources. Anthropogenic eutrophication of lakes and lake reclamation projects (Ecoflox, Olszewski siphon).
- Kruklin Lake – Kruklin lacustrine sediments, exploited for liming of fields after drying-up of the lake. Sediments were dug up during exploitation and an instructional exposure was prepared, where lithological and palinological studies were conducted.
- Types of lakes. Boat trip on the Tałty Lake to Ryn castle.
- History of anthropogenic landscape transformation. Majcz Lake area and further along the Jork River valley to the Tałty Lake. Natural and anthropogenic ecosystems.
- Giżycko fortifications (Boyen) and relationship of their distribution with the morphogenesis of the Masurian Lake District.
- Nietlice Swamp Reserve – reserve created during the drying of the area with Wąż Lake, the largest low bog in the region, refuge for many bird species: black grouse, corncrake, aquatic warbler, a crane dormitory, etc. Risks (desiccation, overgrowing).