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Valea Ierului (Érmellék) has 150.000 residents. In other specialists’ opini<strong>on</strong> the regi<strong>on</strong><br />

of Valea Ierului (Érmellék) does not include Carei, Tasnad and other localities, as the<br />

number of the residents did not exceed 77.000 inhabitants. As there are more c<strong>on</strong>cepts<br />

related, we have to choose <strong>on</strong>e of them. Therefore, we c<strong>on</strong>sider that Valea Ierului<br />

(Érmellék) is a regi<strong>on</strong> that has 80 localities and 77.000 inhabitants. The largest localities<br />

are the following: Carei (with 45.000 inhabitants), Marghita (Margita – 29.000<br />

inhabitants), Valea lui Mihai (Ermihalyfalva – 21.000 inhabitants), Tăsnad (Tasnad –<br />

20.000 inhabitants), Sacuieni (Szekelyhid – 18.000 inhabitants), Diosig (Bihardioszeg –<br />

9.000 inhabitants), and <strong>on</strong> the Hungarian regi<strong>on</strong> border, Letavertes (12.000 inhabitants).<br />

Figure 1: The map of Valea Ierului (Érmellék)<br />

(Veliky J, 2005)<br />

The natural structure of Valea Ierului (Érmellék)<br />

The regi<strong>on</strong> is characterized - as it is situated in the middle of the Carpathian basin – by a<br />

c<strong>on</strong>tinental climate and by some fluctuati<strong>on</strong>s of the temperature, though the average<br />

value does not pass 10°C. According to the measurements made at the Sacuieni<br />

Meteorological Stati<strong>on</strong> in 1996 the average precipitati<strong>on</strong> wasn’t more than 800mm.<br />

The value of the atmospheric pressure is not more than 1000 milibar, the number<br />

of sunny hours are approximately 2000, and this fact indicates the equality of the<br />

number of sunny and cloudy hours.<br />

The surface water system of Valea Ierului (Érmellék) is composed by three rivers.<br />

The most important river is the Ier (Ér), which crosses the area from the north-east side<br />

towards south-west. The other rivers are Crasna (Kraszna) in the north and Barcău<br />

(Berettyó) in the south-west.<br />

The Valea Ierului (Érmellék) of our days is not the same with the <strong>on</strong>e from the<br />

40’s. In those times the regi<strong>on</strong> was a marshy, swampy area with a rich biodiversity,<br />

many floral and fish species. Some specialists c<strong>on</strong>sidered that in that time the regi<strong>on</strong><br />

could compete with the biodiversity from the Danube’s Delta. The flora was<br />

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