EFFECT OF RECENT TECTONIC MOVEMENTS ON GROUNDWATER FORMATION CONDITIONS
Groundwaters are in direct dependence on the terrain relief, drainage system and tectonic changes in the earth's crust. A morphometric method of river valleys is used to determine the relationship of groundwater with the structures of the Earth's crust and modern tectonic conditions. This method allows to detect the earth crust structures by relief decomposition on the base, vertex and residual surfaces. With the help of the morphometric method it is possible to determine the similarities and differences between the terrain relief and the constructed maps of relief. The similarity lies in the selection of the stable zones of uplift of the area under investigation, especially in the north-western part. The maps created by the method described above, provide a spatial representation of the latest movements of the earth crust.