Case study:Environmental restoration of the river Zújar

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Status	Complete
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Country	Spain
Main contact forename	C.H.
Main contact surname	Guadiana
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Contact organisation	MARM
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	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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Catchment

River basin district	C.H.Guadiana
River basin	Guadiana

Subcatchment

River name	Zùjar
Area category	1000 - 10000 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category
Maximum altitude (m)	285285 m <br />0.285 km <br />28,500 cm <br />
Dominant geology	Siliceous
Ecoregion	Ibero-Macaronesian
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WFD (national) typology	Sinuous
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Pre-project morphology	Sinuous
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Local/regional site designations	Site of Community Importance
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Dominant substrate	Extensive agriculture, Urban
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Works completed	> 10000/00/01"> 10000/00/01" contains a sequence that could not be interpreted against an available match matrix for date components.
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Total cost category	16245 k€"16245 k€" is not in the list (Less than 1 k€, 1 - 10 k€, 10 - 50 k€, 50 - 100 k€, 100 - 500 k€, 500 - 1000 k€, 1000 - 5000 k€, 5000 - 10000 k€, more than 10000 k€) of allowed values for the "Total cost category" property.
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Funding sources	C.H.Guadiana

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Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
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Monitoring					Structure & condition of riparian zones

Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure	Landscape enhancement
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Physico-chemical	Aggregate/mineral extraction
Other reasons for the project	Recovering connectivity longitudinal and transversal, Revetmens with local species

Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications	Recovery of channel morphology
Floodplain / River corridor
Planform / Channel pattern	Protecting and promoting wildlife, Assessment and monitoring program
Other	Conditioning of recreational areas
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Other	Continuity for organisms, Channel pattern/planform, Structure & condition of riparian zones

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[[]]						Landscape enhancement"Landscape enhancement" is not in the list (Improvement, Inconclusive, Awaiting results, Deterioration, No change) of allowed values for the "Physico-chemical monitoring result" property.

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