The end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th marks the beginning of the founding of a modern geography in Romania through the scientific and organizatoric contribution of some great personalities. Among them the French scientist Emmanuel de Martonne imposed himself through numerous scientific works connected to various geographic units in Romania (over 40 of them focus on geomorphologic topics), through the multiple ways to make the results of his research known (articles and books, conferences, work papers presented at Congresses and scientific reunions organized in Romania or in other countries, etc.), through supporting actions of the young researchers ' scientific training (including PhD thesis on topics focusing on the Romanian space). Priority directions in which he had original and long term contributions for the scientific knowledge and for the renown of the Romanian geomorphologic school are: the analysis of erosion surfaces, of terraces, of glacial and karst relief forms, etc. in different geographic units; the establishment of the origins, evolution and age of different types of relief, the formation and the evolution of the valleys network, the origins and the characteristics of depressions in the Subcarpathians and the Carpathians; the creation and the appliance of an investigation system in the relief study (based on researches, measurements, the detailed description of relevant segments for analysis, interpretations of the connections between relief and different geographic, geologic, human elements that determine evolving nuances in the relief landscape, etc.) which became a morphogenetic model of approach applied by Romanian geomorphologists; a prodigious didactic activity (at Cluj University), but also of scientific coordination (based, mainly, on research) of many Romanian geographer generations who elaborated geomorphologic complex studies afterwards; the imposal of the field trip as a main comparative analysis tool and of debate for geographic issues, etc. All these are arguments meant to strengthen his position of founder and leader of the Romanian Geomorphological School. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]