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Embankments, levees or dikes

Morphological alterations

General description

Effect/Impact on (including literature citations)

• HYMO (general and specified per HYMO element)
• physico - chemical parameters
• Biota (general and specified per Biological quality elements)

Case studies where this pressure is present

• Gameren
• Opijnen_-_Side_Channel
• Negro
• Manzanares
• Regelsbrunner_Aue
• DOÑANA/RESTAURACIÓN_DEL_ARROYO_DEL_PARTIDO
• Charlottenburg_artificial_bay
• Charlottenburg_wave-protected_shallow
• sheet_pile_protected_shallow_new
• sheet_pile_protected_shallow
• Westlicher_Abzugsgraben
• Vén_Duna_-_side_arm_reopening
• Renaturierung_Untere_Havel
• Tiétar._Proyecto_de_Permeabilización_Piscícola_del_Azud_de_Protección_del_Viaducto_de_la_Carretera_N-502_sobre_el_Río_Tiétar.
• Vallacuera_ravine._Removal_of_a_dyke.
• Millingerwaard
• Pisuerga._Improvement_of_ecological_state_of_the_river_between_the_dam_Pisuerga_Aguilar_de_Campo_and_Alar_del_Rey_(Palencia)_1st_Stage.
• Heessen_-_Optimisation_of_the_pSCI_“Lippe_floodplain_between_Hamm_and_Hangfort”_(LIFE05/NAT/D/000057)
• Ahlen-Dolberg_-_Optimisation_of_the_pSCI_“Lippe_floodplain_between_Hamm_and_Hangfort”_(LIFE05/NAT/D/000057)
• Aaijen_-_Removal_of_Bank_Fixation
• Klebach_-_Side_channel
• Olivenza._Hydrological_and_Forestry_Restoration_of_the_Olivenza_riverside,_2ª_phase
• Tordera_-_Restoration_of_a_secondary_channel_of_the_Tordera_River
• Odra._Actions_for_environmental_restoration_and_flood_control_in_the_lower_basin_of_the_Odra_River_(Burgos)
• Bakenhof_-_Dyke_relocation
• Soest_-_Optimisation_of_the_pSCI_“Lippe_floodplain_between_Hamm_and_Hangfort”_(LIFE05/NAT/D/000057)
• Lek_bij_Everdingen_-_Groyne_Shields
• Bouxweerd
• Bergen_-_Removal_of_Bank_Fixation
• River_Quaggy,_Chinbrook_Meadows
• River_Ravensbourne_at_Cornmill_Gardens
• Pastures_Bridge_Rehabilitation
• Inchewan_Burn_Bed_Restoration
• River_Roding_at_Ray_Lodge_Park
• River_Brent_at_Tokyngton_Park
• River_Wensum_Rehabilitation_Project
• River_Skerne_EU-LIFE_project
• Sella
• Oberwerries_-_Optimisation_of_the_pSCI_“Lippe_floodplain_between_Hamm_and_Hangfort”_(LIFE05/NAT/D/000057)
• Piles_-_Creation_a_wetland
• Asseltse_Plassen_-_Bank_erosion
• Beneden-Leeuwen_-_Side_channel
• Vreugderijkerwaard_-_Side_channel
• Chícamo_Life_project._Conservation_of_Aphanius_iberus´_genetics_stocks_(_Murcia_).
• Uilenkamp
• Rijkelse_Beemden_-_River_bed_widening
• Tajo._Improvement_of_ecological_state_of_the_Tajo_and_tributaries__riverside_affected_by_the_spill_of_kaolin,_at_Poveda_de_la_Sierra_and_Taravilla_(Guadalajara)
• Low_reach_of_River_Cinca
• IJssel
• River_Rhine_-_IJsseluiterwaarden_Olst
• Scheldt_-_Vallei_Grote_Nete
• Rhine_-_Meinerswijk
• Hampshire_Avon_-_Hale
• Rhine_-_Polder_Altenheim
• Restoration_and_remeandering_of_the_Müggelspree_-_downstream_Mönchwinkel
• Drava_-_River_Widening_Amlach/St._Peter
• Drava_-_River_Widening_Obergottesfeld
• Drava_-_River_Widening_Rosenheim
• Rhine_-_Nebenrinne_Bislich-Vahnum_(LIFE08_NAT/D/000007)
• Meuse_-_Overdiepse_Polder
• Rhine_-_Ontpoldering_Noordwaard
• Donau_-_Rührsdorf-Rossatz_(LIFE03_NAT/A/000009)
• Donau_-_Aggsbach_(LIFE03_NAT/A/000009)
• Rhine_-_Emmericher_Ward_(LIFE10_NAT/DE/000010)
• Regge_Velderberg
• Narew_river_restoration_project_
• Lower_Traun
• Middle_Warta_River_Valley
• Ruhr_Binnerfeld
• Drava_-_Kleblach
• Thur_
• Töss
• Enns_-_Aich
• Vääräjoki_-_Niskakoski
• KUIVAJOKI

Possible restoration, rehabilitation and mitigation measures

• Remove barrier
• Widen water courses
• Allow/increase lateral channel migration or river mobility
• Remove bank fixation
• Remove or modify in-channel hydraulic structures
• Remove bank fixation
• Lower river banks or floodplains to enlarge inundation and flooding
• Set back embankments, levees or dikes
• Reconnect backwaters and wetlands
• Remove hard engineering structures that impede lateral connectivity
• Restore wetlands
• Construct semi-natural/articificial wetlands or aquatic habitats
• Isolation of water bodies

Useful references

Other relevant information