How does my river work?

"How does my river work?"

How does my river work?

To systematically know how your river works is of great importance for achieving success in river restoration and should be the first step in the restoration process. This type of information is rather timeless as it describes the nature of your river system, which can be used in any future river basin management plan.

For "How your river works?" three main sections are important, namely:

• Ecosystem structure
• Ecosystem functioning
• Ecosystem services

Ecosystem structure

Describing the ecosystem structure, or the characterisation of your river system, is the basic requirement for effective restoration. We developed the Multi-scale Hierarchical Framework for systematically describing your river and catchment. We give an overview of the method and show example cases studies in which the framework is applied.

Ecosystem functioning

After the structure is described, some aspects of "Ecosystem functioning" are important. The ecosystem beon REFORM's key aspect is the influence that hydromorphology has on biology with One of the REFORM focused on the relation of hydromorphology and vegetation,