General Systems Theory and the Operation of Basins without an Outlet: A Methodological Aspect

Basins without outlets, often with a small water body at the bottom, are a characteristic element of a postglacial landscape. Areas nourishing those small landforms belong to the passive part of catchments of hydrographic systems and determine the retentivity of entire drainage basins. The most suitable approach to adopt in research on those objects seems to be the theory of a geoecosystem, a universal methodological conception used in describing geographical regions at various scales. It allows the use of quantitative research methods, and hence parameterisation of their environment. Thus, the geoecosystems of basins without outlets can provide foundations of their dynamic classification.