Klebach - Side channel

Klebach - Side channel

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Site description

The Drava river (also known as Drau river in German) is a 6^th order stream. At the project site, in the Upper Drava Valley, it forms the boundary between the Crystalline of the Central- and the Limestone Alps. The site of the project is located near the village of Klebach in Austria. From this point onward the Drava has a discharge basin of roughly 2500 km². The average flow of the river near the site is 76m³/s.

Contact person within the organization

Wasserwirtschaft Kärnten e-mail, Tel.: 050 536-31802 _(Austria)

Related Measures

• Increase flood frequency and duration in riparian zones or floodplains
• Shorten the length of impounded reaches
• Remove bank fixation
• Recreate gravel bar and riffles
• Remove or modify in-channel hydraulic structures
• Remove bank fixation
• Reconnect backwaters and wetlands
• Construct semi-natural/articificial wetlands or aquatic habitats

Related Pressures

• Hydrological regime modification
• Hydropeaking
• Artificial barriers downstream from the site
• Impoundment
• Channelisation / cross section alteration
• Alteration of riparian vegetation
• Alteration of instream habitat
• Embankments, levees or dikes
• Sand and gravel extraction
• Loss of vertical connectivity