Case study:Zújar river restoration in the reach between the ford of "Entrerríos" and its mouth, Badajoz.

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Location: 39° 0' 17.68" N, 5° 46' 2.92" W

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Status	Complete
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Country	Spain
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Contact organisation	MARM
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River basin district	C.H.Guadiana
River basin	Guadiana

Subcatchment

River name	Zújar
Area category	1000 - 10000 km²
Area (km2)	8505 km²850,500 ha <br />
Maximum altitude category	200 - 500 m
Maximum altitude (m)	285 m0.285 km <br />28,500 cm <br />
Dominant geology	Siliceous
Ecoregion	Ibero-Macaronesian
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Other case studies in this subcatchment: Environmental restoration of the river Zújar, Zújar river restoration in the reach between the Chapel of St Mary of Zújar and the ford of "Entrerríos", Badajoz., Zújar river restoration in the reach between the dam and the ford of "El Espolón" , Badajoz., Zújar river restoration in the reach between the ford of "El Espolón" and the Chapel of St Mary of Zújar , Badajoz., Zújar river restoration in the reach between the ford of "Entrerríos" and its mouth, Badajoz.

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Name	Badén del Zújar (Badajoz)
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Pre-project morphology	Sinuous
Reference morphology	Sinuous
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Local/regional site designations	Site of Community Importance
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River corridor land use	Extensive agriculture
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Reach length directly affected (m)	2500 m2.5 km <br />250,000 cm <br />
Project started	2011/01/01
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Works completed	2011/01/01
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Total cost category	1000 - 5000 k€
Total cost (k€)	3499 k€3,499,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	MARM

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Works and works supervision			SEFOEX, S.A.
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Monitoring			C.H.Guadiana

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Mitigation of a pressure
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Other reasons for the project	Landscape enhancement

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Floodplain / River corridor	Creation of wetlands in ancient agregates extraction areas
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Other	Recovering natural landscapes
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