Case study:Restoration of Szárazerdei river branch

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Location: 47° 58' 30.59" N, 17° 17' 56.18" E

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Habitat and biodiversity
Country	Hungary
Main contact forename	Emil
Main contact surname	Janák
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Contact organisation	North-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate titkarsag@edukovizig.hu
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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River basin district	Danube River Basin District
River basin	Danube

Subcatchment

River name	Sziget-köz
Area category	more than 10000 km²
Area (km2)	120000 km²12,000,000 ha <br />
Maximum altitude category	100 - 200 m
Maximum altitude (m)
Dominant geology	Calcareous
Ecoregion	Hungarian Lowlands
Dominant land cover	Wetland, Woodland
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Name	Dunakiliti
WFD water body codes	AEP443
WFD (national) typology
WFD water body name
Pre-project morphology	Sinuous, Decreased water supply, high macrophyte coverage, Oxbow
Reference morphology	Braided, Sidearm
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body	Yes
National/international site designation	EU - Special Protected Area
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Protected species present	No
Invasive species present	No
Species of interest
Dominant hydrology	Permanent lentic
Dominant substrate	Gravel, Silt
River corridor land use	Woodland, Wetland
Average bankfull channel width category	more than 50 m
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Average bankfull channel depth category	5 - 10 m
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Reach length directly affected (m)	1500 m1.5 km <br />150,000 cm <br />
Project started	2009/01/01
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Works completed	2011/11/01
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Total cost category	100 - 500 k€
Total cost (k€)	147 k€147,000 € <br />
Benefit to cost ratio
Funding sources	LIFE+ (LIFE07 NAT/SK/000707)

Cost for project phases

Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
Investigation and design			North-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate titkarsag@edukovizig.hu	Emil	Janák
Stakeholder engagement and communication			North-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate titkarsag@edukovizig.hu	Emil	Janák
Works and works supervision			North-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate titkarsag@edukovizig.hu	Emil	Janák
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Mitigation of a pressure
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Management interventions	Ensuring biodiversity
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