摘要：The Or..tie Couloir links the depressions located in the southwest of the Transylvanian Plateau
and the depression area of Hunedoara. It displays the character of a large (7-8 km) and asymmetrical
depression located between the .ureanu and the Metaliferi Mountains and it is longitudinally drained by
the Mure.. The asymmetry was triggered by the continuous rightward movement of the Mure. towards the
Metaliferi Mountains and thus, the entire terrace system remained on the left. To their formation, there
contributed numerous tributaries of the Mure. springing from the .ureanu Mountains and this is why,
locally, the fragments of terraces present variable relative elevations. Generally, there are 9-10 levels, the
highest terrace being located at about 150 meters (350-360 meters absolute altitude). It develops only at
the large ends of the main hilly summits, but it is much constant than other lower terraces. It represents a
prolonged moment of relative stability when the geomorphologic pattern of the entire couloir was
established.
