Regional geography studies should approach the interrelations between the components of the territorial system and highlight those distinguishing features which will act as levers for future development. Speaking of the geological features, the graphical representation both of the evolution and of the current situation is considered important. Cartographic resources and the GIS software make possible many spatial analyses that can help in quantifying the implications of the geological evolution

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... on the present state of a region. The cartographic representation in regional context of the deposits was considered necessary for the Land of Hațeg, as well as the reference to the national tectonic context. Together with these, the spatial representation of mineral resources, the evolution of the exploitation sites, as well as the potentially attractive areas were the subject of another chart, where graphics were inserted to quantitatively highlight the impact of the petrographic features on the morphometric parameters. INTRODUCTION The paper starts from the premise that there are little chances that each of us refines and masters several fields in the context of rapid scientific and technological progresses. This is the very reason focus is placed on the individual ultra-specialization. In regional geography, it is necessary to identify the implications of each constituent element on the operation of the territorial system as a whole. Therefore, the expert, in our case, should know enough from everything to understand the operating laws. Otherwise, the expert's proposals meant to improve the operation of the system will have an opposite, inhibiting effect. The regional geography experts' solution when they have to highlight the implications of geological evolution on the past, present and future of a territory is represented by the existing geological maps (performed by geologists). The processing of these maps by GIS software helps identify numerous correlations between geology and other elements, without them having thorough geology knowledge. A regional geography expert is considered able to handle one of the GIS softwares, which enables quantitative, statistical etc. analyses in the given spatial context. The significance of a retrospective look in the geological past of the research area is indisputable. The fact alone that relief, the result of a geological evolution within a given climate context, is simultaneously a support and resource for the development of most human activities is enough motivation to pay special attention to it throughout the research. In addition, we consider that all the other elements of the natural environment, to a lesser or greater extent, may receive a specificity value depending on the petrographic features. Perhaps the most important example is that of water