Case study:Recovery "CañoTravieso"

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Status	Complete
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Country	Spain
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Contact organisation	MARM
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Catchment

River basin district	C.H.Guadalquivir
River basin	Guadalquivir

Subcatchment

River name	Guadalquivir
Area category
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category	Less than 100 m
Maximum altitude (m)	50 m0.05 km <br />5,000 cm <br />
Dominant geology
Ecoregion	Ibero-Macaronesian
Dominant land cover	Extensive agriculture
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Other case studies in this subcatchment: Control and permeabilization of the marsh to the river, the Brazo de la Torre and Entremuros, Guadiamar Green Corridor Project, Recovery "CañoTravieso", Recovery of the functionality of Brazo de la Torre, Restoration of streams Chico Soto, Soto Grande and Arroyo de la Laguna de los Reyes, Restoration of the stream of the Partido

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Name	Caño Travieso
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Pre-project morphology	Sinuous
Reference morphology	Sinuous
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body
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Local/regional site designations	Area of Special Conservation Interest
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Dominant hydrology	Tidal
Dominant substrate	Clay, Silt
River corridor land use	Extensive agriculture, Wetland
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Project started	2003/05/01
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Works completed	2005/11/01
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Total cost category	more than 10000 k€
Total cost (k€)	35373 k€35,373,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	FEDER, MARM

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Works and works supervision			Tragsatec
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Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure
Hydromorphology	Channel pattern/planform
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Other reasons for the project	Landscape enhancement

Measures

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Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications
Floodplain / River corridor	Reconnect and restore historic aquatic habitats
Planform / Channel pattern	Restoring the natural profile of the channel, Modification or removal of existing defenses, Retrieve the original layout of the Travieso and morphology of the marshes
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Management interventions	Environmental restoration of the area integral transformed by agriculture
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