Case study:Llobregat river restoration

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Status	Complete
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Country	Spain
Main contact forename	Joan
Main contact surname	Feliú
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Contact organisation	Acciónatura
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The river Llobregat lower course is the result of centuries of human activity. Historically it has tried to avoid overflows and maintain a constant channel in order to gain land for agriculture and to capture water for irrigation and industry. In recent years, construction of major infrastructures such as highway, the TGV and other service roads have come to narrow the river steadily reducing temporary floodplain. The important aspects are summarized in the following features: creating favorable conditions (morphological and hydraulic); stabilize the channel and enable the growth of vegetation compatible with the frequency of floods and flooding near the river; create riverside communities continue to function as a corridor; promote native species and eliminate the alien; recover the riparian habitat and all; lost and refuge areas for wildlife habitat; encourage and facilitate the enjoyment of the river by the population, with emphasis on landscape and ecological aspects and fen-it compatible with conservation.

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Catchment

River basin district	Pirineo Oriental
River basin	Llobregat

Subcatchment

River name	Llobregat
Area category
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category	Less than 100 m
Maximum altitude (m)	25 m0.025 km <br />2,500 cm <br />
Dominant geology
Ecoregion	Ibero-Macaronesian
Dominant land cover	Urban
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Other case studies in this subcatchment: Increased biodiversity, river Llobregat, Sallent.

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Name	Pallejà
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Pre-project morphology	Sinuous, Braided
Reference morphology	Sinuous, Braided
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Heavily modified water body
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River corridor land use	Urban
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Mean annual discharge (m3/s)	20.7720.77 m³/s <br />20,770 l/s <br />
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Reach length directly affected (m)	170 m0.17 km <br />17,000 cm <br />
Project started	2009/01/01
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Works completed	2010/01/01
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Funding sources	ACA 70%, Accionatura 30%

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Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure
Hydromorphology	Structure & condition of riparian zones, Channel pattern/planform, Width & depth variation
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Measures

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Bank/bed modifications	Revetmens with local species, Bank stabilization
Floodplain / River corridor	Riparian tree planting, Control of invasive species, Silvicultural treatments
Planform / Channel pattern	Remove obstacles in the riverbed
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