Uilenkamp - Meander reconnection
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Uilenkamp - Meander reconnection
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Site description
The Vecht river has served as a shipping route in the past. Nowadays it is no longer used for this commercial function. This has made it possible to go from a deep, straightened river to a more natural situation. A first step in this direction was taken by the local water authority with funding of the EU Interreg project. The site of Uilenkamp is a meander that was cut off at the start of the last century to make the Vecht river more suitable for navigation. The banks of the river were fixated and the channel straightened and deepened. This has led to an unnatural channel with relatively few chances for biota to flourish due to the lack of habitat diversity.
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Related Measures
- Improve water retention
- Improve/Create water storage
- Increase flood frequency and duration in riparian zones or floodplains
- Shorten the length of impounded reaches
- Remeander water courses
- Initiate natural channel dynamics to promote natural regeneration
- Remove bank fixation
- Adjust land use to develop riparian vegetation
- Lower river banks or floodplains to enlarge inundation and flooding
- Reconnect backwaters and wetlands
- Retain floodwater
