The Drava River Environmental Problems and Solutions
This monograph summarizes the environmental issues concerning the channel and the floodplain of the Drava River. It describes the diverse forms of human impact (river regulation, damming and reservoirs, dredging etc.) and the environmental changes of hydrological regime, sediment transport, biodiver...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2019, 2019
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
| Series: | Springer Geography
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Index
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Drava Basin: Geological and geomorphological setting
- 3 Land use
- 4 Climate change
- 5 Hydrogeomorphology
- 6 Hydrological characteristics of the Drava River in Croatia
- 7 Water and sediment discharge along the Hungarian section
- 8 River regulation
- 9 Human impact on water budget
- 10 Flood hazard
- 11 Evolution of the Drava floodplain in Hungary in the last 100 years
- 12 Oxbow lakes: hydromorphology
- 13 Oxbow lakes: vegetation history and conservation
- 14 Floodplain connectivity
- 15 Water quality of the Lower Drava River
- 16 Macroinnvertebrates and fishes of the Drava
- 17 Floodplain forests
- 18 Nature conservation and floodplain rehabilitation
- rehabilitation of side arms
- 20 Landscape rehabilitation: Old Drava Programme
- Bibliography
- Glossary.