480 PKTKl; TKKIT/ 



\\i\h water-power to ameiid the lack of coal. It is probablf thai Ozeh 

 Capital in the north and l'rtnch money in the east would boild up the 

 huge dykes of mentioned leservoirs in the gorges of the niountains but 

 WC phonld have the use of such benefits only by paying a very dear price. 

 Sunounded as we are from all sides by coinpetitors we could not regu- 

 láié the piice so that the water, oui- water, wonld become a monopoly 

 of oui- enemies. But this should only happen against all international 

 law by which mean a mutilated Hungary chould become evén in lespect 

 to his wa<er supplies the slavf of foreign capital. 



V. The climate of the Pannonian basin, 



Hungary lies on the joint of three different cliniatic districts and 

 So her climate is influenced by all the three. In the north- western part 

 of the country we feel very much the influence of the Atlantic, in the 

 South that of the Mediterranean, and in the East that of Asia. The annuiil 

 mean tempera tmu^ going from South to Xorth (and reduced to the sea- 

 levél) diminishes from an average of 12 0° to 8 0°. The annual variation 

 ír very gieat, amounting on average to51 C° (absolute variation 65°- 66°),. 

 with a daily variation of 12— 13C**. The influence of three different clinu- 

 tes is best noticable in the seasonal distribution of rainfall. In the districts 

 influenced by the Mediterranean rainfall has its maximum in october 

 wlu reas in districts influenced by the Asiatic climate the maximum of 

 rainfall appears in summer. Going from West to East the autumnal 

 n aximum decreases successively until it is entirely missing in the Tran- 

 sylvanian basin. The distribution of snow and rain determines the phyto- 

 ökological climate of a district. The differences between a forestal and a 

 ruial climate are purely dependent on meteorological factors. The chief 

 characteristics of a rural climate are wet spring and summer and dry 

 au! atnn and winter. Every other climatic distiibulion favours forest vege- 

 tat icn. The average rain and snowfall in the territory of Hungary vari- 

 atfs between 480 to 1200 mm. The climatic character of a country is de- 

 monstrated the best by a map of vegetál giowth for a predominating 

 forfst type indicates always a certain climate-type. The moisture requi- 

 r(d by the Coniferae is the greatest one, the distribution of the pine- 

 for»sts shows therefore the most humid districts. The srcond grade is 

 rcpresented by the beach, which wants less humidity, and the third grade 

 is the.zone of mixed woods which can giow under dry climate alsó, when 

 the levél of ground water is high enough. In such a climatic zone grass 

 and herbs give to thf vegetation its typical featurc. whilst woodgrowth 

 is confint (I to the lower valleys. 



