Technical note on river restoration
This technical note on river restoration discusses how hydrological restoration should be incorporated in river restoration, and which are the most adequate strategies to design and implement the restored (functional) flows in rivers. Restoration of a river’s flow regime should be the first step in any attempt to recover its ecological integrity, as the flow pattern determines, more than any other physical or environmental feature, the structure and spatial-temporal functioning of the river system.
How can a river be hydrologically restored?
downloadThis document is part of a series of technical notes on river restoration. The other notes in the series include:
Fluvial territory: Restoration space
River sinuosity index: Geomorphological characterisation
Channel gradient: Calculation process using GIS
Ecosystem services and river restoration
Fish passes: fish ladders and other pass systems
Related Project(s):
RESTORE – Restoring Europe’s Rivers