Case study:River Restoration at Hunworth (River Glaven)

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Location: 52° 52' 56.13" N, 1° 3' 56.48" E

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Status	Complete
Project web site	http://http://www.wildtrout.org/content/river-glaven-hunworth
Themes	Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Land use management - agriculture
Country	England
Main contact forename	Ian
Main contact surname	Shepperd
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Contact organisation	River Glaven Conservation Group
Contact organisation web site	http://http://www.riverglaven.co.uk/
Partner organisations	Environment Agency, Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Wild Trout Trust
Parent multi-site project
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

Looking downstream from the dismantled railway

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Catchment

River basin district	Anglian
River basin	North Norfolk

Subcatchment

River name	Glaven
Area category	10 - 100 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category	100 - 200 m
Maximum altitude (m)	103103 m <br />0.103 km <br />10,300 cm <br />
Dominant geology	Calcareous
Ecoregion	Great Britain
Dominant land cover	Arable and Horticulture
Waterbody ID	GB105034055780

Other case studies in this subcatchment: Nine Chalk Rivers Project - Glaven Catchment, River Glaven conservation group

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Name	Hunworth
WFD water body codes	GB105034055780
WFD (national) typology	Low, Small, Calcareous
WFD water body name	Glaven
Pre-project morphology	Straightened
Reference morphology	Sinuous
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Heavily modified water body	Yes
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Protected species present	Yes
Invasive species present	Yes
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Dominant hydrology	Groundwater
Dominant substrate	Gravel
River corridor land use	Intensive agriculture (arable)
Average bankfull channel width category	5 - 10 m
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Average bankfull channel depth category	0.5 - 2 m
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Mean discharge category	0.1 - 1.0 m³/s
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Average channel gradient category	Less than 0.001
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Reach length directly affected (m)	320320 m <br />0.32 km <br />32,000 cm <br />
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