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Water development Gail - An integrated model for Natura 2000 (LIFE+ Gail)
Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2014,
Background
Regulated rivers are now widespread in Europe, with artificial banks and flood dykes in place of their former unimpeded meandering and braided courses. This is a well-known example of the conflict between ecology and water management. From an ecological point of view, rivers should get more space to flow naturally and enable cross-links to surr ...
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Life in Upper Drau River (LIFE Obere Drau II)
Start date: Sep 1, 2006, End date: Aug 31, 2011,
Background
The Upper Drava (Obere Drau) Valley in Austria is the tectonic border between the Southern and Central Alps. The Drava River itself is typical of alpine areas. Formerly, the water system was much more diversified with side branches and alluvial waters, but these were modified to create a faster flowing, more homogenous river.
This project foll ...
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Nachhaltige Salzachsanierung - Offenes Deckwerk
Start date: Feb 29, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2009,
Ein offenes Deckwerk stellt als neue innovative Bauweise im Wasserbau die wirtschaftlichste Lösung dar, um die Flusssohle unter den örtlichen Gegebenheiten und mit den wasserwirtschaftlichen Zielen zu stabilisieren und in positive Richtung (Anhebung) zu entwickeln. Hierbei werden ca. 70 - 100 kg schwere Steine mit einer flächigen Belegung von ca. 40 % auf der Flusssohle eingebaut. Die Maßnahme ist ...
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Donau- Ybbs Linkage (Donau-Ybbs)
Start date: Jul 1, 2004, End date: Jun 30, 2009,
Background
The Danube is the longest river in the European Union, originating in the Black Forest and flowing through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine before emptying into the Black Sea.
One of the most important tributaries of the River Danube in the Lower Austrian foothills is the River Ybbs. The mouth ...
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Saalachrampe zur Sohlstabilisierung bei Flusskilometer 4,60
Start date: Oct 31, 2004, End date: Nov 14, 2007,
Zwischen der Stauwurzel des Kraftwerkes Rott/Freilassing und dem Kraftwerk Zeller-Zollhauswehr befindet sich die Saalach in stetiger Eintiefung. Die Flusssohle ist bereits großflächig in leicht erodierbare feinkörnige Schichten eingeschnitten. Zusätzlich wurden beim Hochwasser im Sommer 2002 Uferanrisse und Böschungsrutschungen ausgelöst. Da ein sich im Gleichgewicht befindlicher Geschiebehaushalt ...
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Wild river landscape of the Tyrolean Lech (Tiroler Lech)
Start date: Apr 1, 2001, End date: Mar 31, 2007,
Background
The Tyrolean river Lech, with its huge banks of gravel and broad zones of lowland riparian forest, is probably the last river in the northern Alps which is still more or less in its natural state. For over 60 km, the highly braided river occupies a gravel bed that is up to 100 m wide in parts. The course of the Lech is constantly changing due t ...
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