Wetlands – As Significant Features of the Salt Karst Landscape in the Meledic Plateau, Vrancea Subcarpathians, Romania

In the area of the Meledic Plateau it have been developed a great diversity of salt karst genuine features. Dolines, as type of karst macroforms, are the most important element which defines the distinctiveness of the geomorphological landscape from the western part of Meledic Plateau. Due to meteoric water source, the undulating topographic surface has induced freshwater lakes and wetlands. These wetlands are discrete units and biodiversity hot spots that give specificity to general appearance of the landscape. Based on hydrological features and main plant association criteria it has distinguished following types of wetlands: lakes, ponds, marshes, and wet meadows.